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| Eric Anstine |
Check out who was seen in the Swiss Alps sporting his Barihunk tee shirt! None other that former Los Angeles Opera Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program and Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program participant Erik Anstine. The bass-barihunk in now on the roster of the Opernhaus
Zürich where he was cast this season as Bartolo in
Le nozze di Figaro, Biterolf
in
Tannhäuser, the Second Solier in Salome, Anfisa in the premiere of Eötvös’ Drei
Schwestern, and Hausknecht/Wächter in a new production of Shostakovich's Lady
Macbeth of Mtensk.
He opens tomorrow as one of the Knights of the Holy Grail in Wagner's
Parsifal in a cast that includes Angela Denoke as Kundry, Evgeny Nikitin as Amfortas, Stuart Skelton as Parsifal and Jan-Hendrik Rootering as Gurnemanz. Performances run through April 1st and tickets are available
online.
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| Eric Anstine |
In the upcoming season, he can be seen as Masetto in Zurich's new production of Mozart's
Don Giovanni with fellow barihunk Peter Mattei in the title role, Ruben Drole as Leporello, and hunkentenor Pavol Breslik as Don Ottavio. He'll also be joining two other barihunks in a new production of Gounod's
Faust. Anstine will be singing the role of Wagner alongside Elliot Madore and Kyle Ketelson. We can't wait to get a backstage picture of that trio!
Next season he can also be seen alongside the great mezzo Cecilia Bartoli in a Christof Loy production of Handel's
Alcina. Check out the entire 2013/2014 season at the Opernhaus
Zürich
website.
