Midwestern Heat in St. Louis

[Chris Herbert & Aaron Agulay]


Four of our favorite barihunks will be appearing at the Opera Theater of St. Louis' summer festival. Daniel Okulitch, who is suddenly one of the most eagerly sought after baritones in opera, will be singing the Gene Wilder role of Willie Wonka in the new opera The Golden Ticket by Peter Ash. The New York Times ran a brief blurb on the opera in their Sunday edition. The opera will head to the Wexford Festival in October 2010 where Wayne Tigges will sing the lead role.

[Daniel Okulitch & Lee Gregory]


Appearing together in Sondheim's A Litte Night Music will be three of the sexiest young barihunks around. Chris Herbert will sing the role of Henrik Egerman, while Lee Gregory takes on the role of Carl-Magnus Malcolm. Topping off an already amazing cast will be the young barihunk Aaron Agulay as Mr. Lindquist and the famous actress Amy Irving as Desiree Armfeldt. An additional bonus will be that sets, costumes and stage direction will be by the legendary fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. Here is a video with Mizrahi talking about his upcoming work at the innovative opera company.

 

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What a Dahl

Over the last decade Gregory Dahl has forged a career primarily in the principle opera houses of Canada. With the Winter Olympics having recently wrapped up, it seems appropriate to highlight yet another Canadian barihunk.

Dahl is known for singing both the standard repertory and for his dedication to new operas. One of his first roles was in "Beatrice Chancy" by George Elliott Clarke and James Rolfe. He also created the role of Charlie in Calgary Opera's production of John Estacio's and John Murrell's "Filumena," performed George in the Canadian premiere of Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" at the Calgary Opera, created the role of Robert Peary in Linda C. Smith's "Facing South" for Tapestry New Opera Works and he created The Alchemist in Murray Schafer's "The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix," which was broadcast on Canada's CBC Radio Two.



Despite all of his Canadian credentials, his entry onto Barihunks comes via the St. Louis Opera where we got this stunning photo of him performing Jokanaan in Richard Strauss' "Salome." We can certainly understand why Salome sang, "Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jokanaan." (Ah! I've kissed your mouth Jokanaan!).

As an added treat, here is Dahl singing Scarpia's "Te Deum" from Puccini's Toscs:


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