Robert Brouwer in Handel's Messiah

Robert Brouwer

Dutch barihunk Robert Brouwer, who is featured in January in the 2017 Barihunks in Bed calendar, will be singing Handel's Messiah on Sunday, November 6th in Texel (pronounced Tessel) in The Netherlands. He'll be joined by the Amici Cantus Choir along with soloists soprano Paulien van der Werff, contralto Anne-Marieke Evers and tenor Adrian Fernandes. Tickets are available online.

Brouwer began singing at age 10 with the Koorschool Noord Nederland and a year later with the Roder Jongenskoor. He sang boy soloist roles, including the Third Boy in Mozart's The Magic Flute with the Nationale Reisoper under Ton Koopman. He graduated from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and continued his studies at the Utrecht School of the Arts, pursuing a Master of Music classical singing. He made his debut in 2011 as Aeneas in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Opera Mosset.

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Doug Williams & Jesse Blumberg in Early Music Gala

Doug Williams

Two of the most talented and arguably sexiest barihunks performing today will appear together at the Boston Early Music Festival's gala performance on Sunday, December 1st. Jesse Blumberg and Douglas Williams will be joined by members of the company's ensemble in selections from seven operas that have been featured in their Chamber Opera Series since 2008.

Led by three-time Grammy-nominated Artistic Co-Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, the singers will perform excerpts from Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Monterverdi’s Orfeo, Blow's Venus and Adonis, and Charpentier's Actéon, La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, and La Couronne de Fleurs.

Jesse Blumberg as Ulysses with Opera Omnia

The Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Opera Series has become a favorite of early music devotees with its fully staged operas focused on rarely heard masterpieces at Boston’s Jordan Hall. Other performers includee soprano Amanda Forsythe, tenor Aaron Sheehan, mezzo Thea Lobo, tenor Jason McStoots, mezzo Danielle Reutter-Harrah, tenor Zachary Wilder and soprano Teresa Wakim. 

Performances are at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall and tickets are available at 617-661-1812,  online. or at the box office located at 30 Gainsborough Street in Boston.

Douglas Williams can next be heard with the Houston Symphony in Handel's Messiah under the baton of Nicolas McGegan. Performances run from December 19-22 and tickets are available online. 

Upcoming performances for Jesse Blumberg include a December 3rd recital at Cary Hall in New York City celebrating the release of the AMR album Winter Songs, featuring vocal music of Robert Paterson. On December 8th, he'll be perfroming Finzi's In terra pax and selections from Handel's Messiah at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. On December 13 and 14, he returns to Bean Town for Handel's Messiah with the Boston Baroque at Jordan Hall.

Keith Miller: Mr. November

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Reader submission Andrew Bogard to sing Messiah

Andrew Bogard

We were alerted to a barihunk that we haven't featured before, Andrew Bogard, who will be performing Handel's Messiah with the Marion Civic Chorus and Orchestra in Ohio. This will be the 71st consecutive year that the orchestra has performed the Messiah. The performance will take place at the Palace Theater in Marion on Sunday, November 25 at 7 pm. There is no admission price, but donations will be requested.

Bogard will be joined in the Messiah by mezzo Carolyn Redmond, soprano Lynette Burris and tenor Dan Doty.  

Bass-baritone Andrew Bogard, hails from central Ohio and is currently pursuing his master’s in from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he is a student of Marlena Malas, At Curtis, he performed the roles of Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust, Dr. Reischmann in Henze’s Elegy for Young Lovers, and Capello in I Capuletti e i Montecchi.

In 2011, Bogard received his undergraduate degree in vocal performance from the Julliard School, where he performed the roles of Peter Quince in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cousin Brandon in Hindemith’s Long Christmas Dinner. In summers at the Chautauqua Music Festival, he sang the roles of Dulcamara in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Reverend Hale in The Crucible, Colline in La boheme, and Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. Upcoming performances at Curtis include Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Spencer Cyle in Britten’s Owen Wingrave, and Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo.

From 2005-2007, Bogard attended the Interlochen Arts Academy where he graduated with distinction. In addition to voice, he has studied cello, double bass, clarinet and classical guitar.

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