Kelly Markgraf performs Brahms, Schumann & Telemann

Kelly Markgraf

Barihunk Kelly Markgraf will be joined by soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and tenor Matthew Plenk for an evening of music dedicated to affairs of the heart. The program with the Chamber Society of Lincoln Center will feature music by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, and Berg.

Markgraf will perform Schumann's Selected Lieder for Baritone and Piano and Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer for Four Voices and Piano, Four Hands, Op. 52 (1868–69). Visit the Chamber Society of Lincoln Center website for tickets and additional information.

Daniel Teadt

Markgraf returns to New York City Opera this season after his huge success in Don Giovanni to perform the pivotal role of Pluto in Telemann's Orpheus opposite fellow barihunk Daniel Teadt in the title role.

Anya Matanovic and Kelly Markgraf sing the Act III opening duet from Le Nozze di Figaro
at a dress rehearsal with Kentucky Opera:

UPDATE: We have a feeling that Kelly Markgraf has a few friends out there. After our post we received a few emails letting us know about other performances that he's involved with. The first is Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" with the Hawaii Opera Theater (HOT - we love the acronym).  The American barihunk will be performing the role of Malatesta from Feb 10 through Valentine's Day. Click HERE for tickets or additional information.

Markgraf will also be performing Masetto opposite barihunks Keith Miller and Ryan McKinney with the New York Philharmonic on June 29 and 30. Click HERE for additional information.

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Markus Werba sings Brahms

Markus Werba antiqued

Here are five Brahms songs performed by barihunk Markus Werba and pianist Gary Matthewman. This is from an October 2010 performance at Wigmore Hall in London that was broadcast on BBC 3.

The set includes:
Vor dem Fenster, Op.14'1
Ein Sonett, Op.14'4
Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op.48'1
Murrays Ermordung, Op.14'3
Alte Liebe, Op.72'1
O kühler Wald, Op.72'3
Unüberwindlich, Op.72'5

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Seth Carico Returns to U.S. for Recital

Seth Carico looking all sexy

Seth Carico will be returning from the Deutsche Oper in Berlin where he is performing in Verdi's "Don Carlo" and Puccini's "Tosca" to give a recital at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Carico will perform Ned Rorem's "War Scenes," Ibert's "Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte," and Brahms' "Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121." The performance is on Tuesday, November 8  at 7:00pm.

Carico can next be seen on stage in the U.S. at the Fort Worth Opera, where he created a sensation as Victor in Jorge Martín’s "Before Night Falls." Carico is returning to perform another contemporary role when he tackles Leonidas in Mark Adamo's "Lysistrata," which runs from May 26 to June 3.

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Celebrating Lithuanian Statehood Day

Vytautas Juozapaitis & Kostas Smoriginas

We have celebrated national holidays for both Canada and the United States on this site. After all, the two countries have provided us with an endless stream of talented and sexy barihunks. One of our readers asked why we don't celebrate Lithuanian Statehood Day. Frankly, we didn't know about it, but we're happy to remind readers about the two Lithuanian singers who have appeared on this site, Kostas Smoriginas and Vytautas Juozapaitis.

For others who are unfamiliar with the holiday, Statehood Day is an annual public holiday in Lithuania celebrated on July 6th to commemorate the coronation of Mindaugas as the first and only King of Lithuania in 1253. The exact day of this event is disputable and was chosen according to the hypothesis of Edvardas Gudavičius, formulated in 1989. The day has officially been celebrated since 1991.

Vytautas Juozapaitis is popular on both television and the opera house in Lithuania. He is a former winner of the Lithuanian National Prize and performs regularly at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and Kaunas State Musical Theatre. He is also a professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Here is Vytautas Juozapaitis singing Rodrigo's death scene "Son Io, mio Carlo...Io morro, ma lieto in core" from Giuseppe Verdi's "Don Carlo.":



Kostas Smoriginas studied at the Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy from an early age. After moving to London in 2005 and representing his country in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, he spent two years at the Royal College of Music before joining the Jette Parker young artist programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, at the beginning of the 2007/08 Season. He is currently appearing in La Traviata at Aix-en-Provence. Click HERE for additional cast and performance information.

Here is Kostas Smoriginas singing "Denn Wir Haben Hie Keine Bleibende Statt" from Brahms' "Ein Deutsches Requiem":



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Teddy Tahu Rhodes Talks About His New CD (with vocal highlights)

We haven't featured one of our most popular singers in awhile, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, so we thought the release of his new CD would be a great excuse. Here are two features, one is an audio interview with Brooke Green from ABC Classic FM. Click HERE to listen. 

Teddy Bare

The other is a video about the the CD, "Serious Songs." The recording features Johannes Brahms' "Serious Songs" with an updated orchestration by Detlev Glanert, Schubert's "Erlkonig," excerpts from the Brahms Requiem, Samuel Barber's "Dover Beach" and four Schubert songs. 

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Rescheduled Markus Werba Recital on BBC

Popular Austrian Barihunk Markus Werba

Brits were greatly disappointed last April when Iceland's ash cloud caused the cancellation of Austrian barihunk Markus Werba's Wigmore Hall BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. The program of Schubert and Brahms lieder with accompanist Gary Matthewman finally was heard the other night and is now available for free on BBC radio for Werba fans across the globe to hear.

You can click HERE to listen to the recital, which starts at about the 3:00 mark.

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