Emerging Barihunk Kostas Smoringas

Barihunks will admit that if there is the slightest excuse to post a picture of hunkentenor Jonas Kaufmann, then we'll do it. Here he is singing Mario to Lithuanian barihunk Kostas Smoriginas' Angelotti at the Royal Opera House.

A recent graduate of the Jette Parker young artist program, Smoringas has performed in a number of small roles at ROH and will be covering the barihunk role of Escamillo, as well as the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro.

We look forward to seeing much more of this exotic singer.

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Sexy Swede Johan Rydh

Johan Rydh was born in 1967 in Järfälla, Sweden and made his debut as a boy soprano at The Stockholm Opera House in Carmen. He went on to study at the Stockholm Music High School and "Opera Studio 67" and graduated from Gothenburg Opera University in 1995.

He has performed primarily in Scandinavia and has become known as a Gluck specialist. He recently completed a run in Menotti's "The Consul" at the Folkoperan in Stockholm. He has performed a number of barihunk roles, including Escamillo in Carmen, Don Giovanni, Achilla in Giulio Cesare in Egitto and Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia.

The sexy pictures above are from him performing as Achilla. One thing we know for sure, we like him in a tee shirt.

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Peter Mattei as Don Giovanni

[Photo Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera]

This photo of Peter Mattei with Erin Wall from The Met's recent Don Giovanni may be the hottest picture we've seen of the Swedish barihunk.

He isn't reprising the role anytime soon, but you can catch him in two other barihunk operas. He'll be performing Shishkov at The Met this November and then Billy Budd in Frankfurt in May 2010.

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The Popular Matthew Worth

[Top photo of Matthew Worth backstage after Owen Wingrave; Bottom photo from Rape of Lucretia at Chatauqua]

Matthew Worth is clearly popular with readers of Barihunks. He has had the most hits on this site for over a week. Unfortunately, all good things must come to and end and the run of Owen Wingrave at COT is over.

However, Matthew Worth will be singing more Britten this summer as he reprises his stunning performance in Rape of Lucretia at the Chatauqua Institution School of Music, where he will also sing Eugene Onegin. If you're near Atlanta, you can see him with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra perform the Carmina Burana and the Barber of Seville.

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A Little S&M Between Our Sexiest Don Giovanni and Masetto?

[Top Photo: Randal Turner backstage; Bottom: Vittorio Prato headshot]

Regular readers of Barihunks might recall that Randal Turner was voted our sexiest Don Giovanni in the world beating out rakish studs like Erwin Schrott and Mariusz Kwiecien. Unfortunately, the only video of him comes from a 2005 production in Pisa where they must have been conserving energy, as the entire production was seemingly shot in the dark. Here he is with the Masetto of fellow barihunk Vittorio Prato singing "Meta di voi" from Act II, Scene I.

Randal Turner turns to a little S&M at the end of this video, giving Masetto a good lashing. It's a bit ironic, since Zerlina sings "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto, la tua povera Zerlina" which translates to: "Beat me, dear Masetto, beat your poor Zerlina." It's nice to see the Don give it back to Masetto. Perhaps Masetto will start singing, "Batti, batti, o bel Giovanni."

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Don Giovanni Unmasked: Dmitri Hvorostovsky

In the clever film "Don Giovanni Unmasked," Dmitri Hvorostovsky pulls off a feat that could never be done on stage: he plays both Don Giovanni and his alter-ego Leporello. The film is difficult to find now, but YouTube has some great clips. For your convenience, we've posted three of the best on this site.

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky Sings Pique Dame in '89 and '03

The passage of time has done little to diminish barihunk Dmitri Hvorostovsky's sexy looks or gorgeous voice. Here he is singing the incredibly beautiful aria from Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades fourteen years apart.

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