Barihunks perform at Britten Centenary Celebration

Next weekend there will be a 2-day centenary celebration of composer Benjamin Britten's work presented by the 5ive Boroughs Music Festival. It kicks off on Saturday, October 19th at the Brooklyn Historical Society at 128 Pierrepont Street. There will be three concerts at 1 PM, 4 PM and 7 PM. The 4PM concert will feature barihunk Christopher Dylan Herbert in a program of canticles, the Hymn to St. Cecilia and Selected Purcell Realizations.

Other singers include tenor Alex Richardson, soprano Karen Wierzba, soprano Martha Guth, countertenor Geoffrey Williams, tenor Steven Caldicott Wilson, soprano Tami Petty, mezzo Eve Gigliotti, tenor Dominic Armstrong and tenor Kyle Bielfield.

On Sunday, October 20th, the celebration continues in Manhattan with barihunk Michael Kelly in both shows, which start at 1 PM and 4 PM. The 1 PM program includes Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Winter Words and On This Island. The 4 PM program includes Holy Sonnets of John Donne, selected French Folk Songs, excerpts from Who Are These Children, selected English and Irish Folksongs, The Red Cockatoo and excerpts from Juvenilia. Performances will be at the Baruch Performing Arts Center at 55 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

Other singers include soprano Mary Mackenzie, tenor Michael Slattery, soprano Martha Guth, mezzo Naomi O’Connell and tenor Nicky Spence. Noted accompanist Malcolm Martineau will perform at teh 4 PM show.
 
Tickets start at $15 for individual concerts and are available online.

  
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Duncan Rock in sexy Carmen, roadshow of opera highlights and Barihunks calendar

Duncan Rock as Morales and backstage photographing his temporary tattoos

When Calixto Bieito is directing an opera one can almost guarantee that it will be a sexually charged production. The current run of his Carmen at the English National Opera is no exception. The production is filled with sexual tension, sexual confidence, sexual power, sexual obsessiveness and sexy singers. It even has some male nudity and simulated fellatio to ensure that it's an echt Bieito production.

Leading the back is our 2013 Barihunk Charity Calendar sensation Duncan Rock as Morales. Joining him on stage as Escamillo is Leigh Melrose, who has been regularly featured on this site, as well.

  Carmen from English National Opera on Vimeo.

The production opened on Wednesday, November 21st and runs through December 9th at the London Coliseum. Tickets and additional performance information is available online. Also playing at the ENO is Ralph Vaughan William's masterpiece The Pilgrim's Progress, which he was obsessed with for much of his life.

Rock, who created a sensation with his performance of Don Giovanni at Heaven in London  is a graduate of the National Opera Studio. He also holds a Masters Degree in Music and Opera from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he received a full scholarship from the Independent Opera foundation.

Duncan Rock in the 2013 Barihunks Calendar

After his run at ENO, Duncan Rock will join the Scottish Opera for a show of opera highlights that will visit Bathgate, Peebles, Hawick, Stranraer, Tarbert, Bowmore, Killin, Castlebay, Balivanich, Torridon, Durness, Inverness, Banchory, Birnam, Strathmiglo, Crawfordjohn & Rutherglen. He'll be joined by tenor heartthrob Nicky Spence, fellow baritone Gary Griffiths, mezzo Katie Grosset and soprano Eleanor Dennis. Tickets go on sale on November 26.

Duncan Rock appears in both our regular sized calendar and special oversized edition. All proceeds from the calendar go to support young artists and young artist programs. Buy your calendar today and enjoy Duncan Rock and thirteen other barihunks all year long. 

The regular size calendar is available here:

The oversize calendar is available here: