"Little Women" features barihunk duo

Alexander Elliott, Rachel Arky, Sarah Mesko, Claudia Rosenthal, Ariana Wehr and Ethan Greene (Clockwise)   (Photo courtesy of the Annapolis Opera)

We love the idea that an opera named "Little Women" features two beautiful barihunks! The Annapolis Opera's production of the Mark Adamo classic stars Alexander Elliott as Meg's soon-to-be-husband John Brooke, while bass Ethan Greene as Jo March's husband Friedrich Bhaer. They are joined by Sarah Mesko as Jo March, Rachel Arky as Meg March, Claudia Rosenthal and Ariana Wehr as Amy March. 

There is one remaining performance at 3 PM on Sunday, November 5th and tickets are available online.

Ethan Greene, who is new to this site, is a 2017 Bonfils Stanton Foundation Studio Artist at the Central City Opera and was a Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist. 

Alexander Elliott can next be seen in Haydn's Creation with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on December 1st and 3rd, as well as Handel's Messiah on December 2nd. He returns to the opera stage next Spring as Figaro in Rossini's The Barber of Seville with Opera Santa Barbara.

Our 2018 Barihunks Calendar, which includes 20 of opera's sexiest men is now available for purchase HERE. In response to reader demand, we've also added a Barihunks Photo Book this year, which includes additional photos that don't appear in the calendar. You can purchase that HERE. The New Year is approaching faster than you think!

Reader Submission: Alexander Elliott

Alexander Elliott preparing for Pirates of Penzance

The Portland Opera Resident Young Artist Program was one of the first recipients of a Barihunks Grant from our annual calendar proceeds. So we were particularly delighted when our latest reader submission was one of the young artists performing Samuel in Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance with the company.

Alexander Elliott is a second year young artist who has performed in recital with the company, as well sung the Shoe Salesman in Dominick Argento's Postcard from Morocco. He was also their cover for Enrico in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.  Our reader also shared this great photo of Alexander Elliott get used to his sword for the show, which opens on May 9 and runs through May 17. Tickets are available online. The Pirate King is being sung by one of the most famous barihunks in the world, Daniel Okulitch.

Elliott was previously an apprentice artist with the Central City Opera, where he sang the role of Frank in Ned Rorem’s Our Town. This summer, he joins the prestigious Merola Opera Program in San Francisco. They are performing Mozart's Don Giovanni and a reduced orchestral version of André Previn's Streetcar Named Desire.

Other career highlights have includes the Captain in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Périchaud in La Rondine with Des Moines Metro Opera as well as Count Almaviva in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro with the Tulsa Opera opposite fellow barihunk Seth Carico.

You can hear audio of him at his website.