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| Giorgio Caoduro (with Ortrud) and Stefan Kocan |
We're huge fans of early Verdi operas at Barihunks, but we don't get nearly enough opportunities to post about them. Recently there have been a number of companies performing
Attila, which often features multiple barihunks in the cast. Fortunately, the trend seems to be continuing in 2012.
In May, barihunk Ildar Abdrazakov will take on the title role in
Rome in a production by Pier Luigi Pizzi and conducted by Riccardo Muti. Barihunk Luca Dall’Amico will perform the role of Leone. The
San Francisco Opera performs it this summer with one of the greatest Attila's ever, Samuel Ramey, in the smaller role of Leone. The great baritone duet will be sung by Ferruccio Furlanetto and Quinn Kelsey, who portray Attila and Ezio respectively. In September, the opera opens in
Santiago with barihunk Stefan Kocan in the title role.
One of the operas that rarely gets performed is
La battaglia di Legnano, which has amazing moments of inspiration, Verdian patriotic fervor, a love triangle and some great baritone music (even though the best known piece is the tenor aria "La pia materna mano"). Verdi, in fact, was a baritone and loved writing great roles in that range.
We were thrilled when a reader sent us a video of barihunk Giorgio Caoduro singing the great baritone aria and cabaletta "Se al nuovo di pugnando...Ah scellerate alme d'inferno"" from a recent performance of
La battaglia di Legnano at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste.
Caoduro can next be seen at the
Opéra de Lyon where he is donning his matadors outfit for Escamillo. He can next be seen in the United States in March 2013 at the
Washington National Opera singing Lescaut opposite the Manon Lescaut of Patricia Racette.
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