Duncan Rock Debuts as Giovanni; Shirtless in Heggie Piece

Duncan Rock in Jake Heggie's “For a Look or a Touch”

Barihunk Duncan Rock had a busy couple of days in November. On November 18th, he was asked to step in at the last minute in the Welsh National Opera's production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni." The next night he opened at the King's Head Theatre in London in the critical role of Manfred in Jake Heggie's “For a Look or a Touch.”

Heggie's powerful chamber opera is the tale of two gay lovers, both prisoners in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The text is based on the journal of the late Manfred Lewin, interviews with his lover Gad Beck and other survivors who were featured in the film "Paragraph 175." Heggie has created a mesmerizing and haunting depiction of the loss and persecution of the gay victims of the Holocaust. We were fortunate enough to get these amazing pictures of Duncan Rock as Manfred. 


We've featured this before, but it's worth sharing again. Here is the amazingly talented Morgan Smith singing "Golden Years" from "For a Look or a Touch":

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Big, Beefy Jason Howard

Somehow Welsh barihunk Jason Howard has eluded this site. Thanks to a reader who forwarded the three Wotan pictures from his recent performance in Strasbourg, this big, beefy singer can now be enjoyed by all of our readers.

Howard has sung a number of barihunk roles including Billy Budd [top photo]. Other roles include Escamillo, Zurga, Jokanaan and Don Giovanni. He performs regularly with his native Welsh National Opera, as well as the English National Opera, Covent Garden, Scottish Opera and Seattle Opera.

Upcoming performances include Marcello in La Bohème at Welsh National Opera, Iago in Verdi's Otello at Opera Carolina and Jokanaan in Salome at Minnesota Opera.

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