Quirijn de Lang

[Bottom photo from Lost Highway by Laurie Lewis]

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David Adam Moore's Stock is Rising

[Photo from Nicholas Roberts at the NY Times]

David Adam Moore who is as adept and gorgeous singing modern music or operatic standards, gets it both ways here. The Sybarite Chamber Players have updated Purcell's Dido and Aeneas to modern day Wall Street. You can read about it here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/arts/music/06dido.html?ref=music

Allan Kozinn wrote in the New York Times review, "David Adam Moore’s suave Aeneas was firmly sung, with deadpan humor and an ear for embellishment..."

We would add that he looks rather dashing in a suit, as well.

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Advent with Christopher Maltman

How would you like to find Christopher Maltman under your Christmas tree? I figured this would warm everyone up for the holiday season.

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Nathan Gunn and Kristin Chenoweth being "cutesie"

Barihunk Nathan Gunn joins Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth in a video of John Bucchino's "It Feels Like Home" from his album Just Before Sunrise.

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Nmon Ford: The Next Great Emperor Jones?

Nmon Ford has one of the hottest bodies in opera. In fact the German magazine Bild wrote:

"Nmon Ford has not only a beautiful face and body, but also a gorgeous and powerful voice...The most beautiful baritone in the world"

So of course, Barihunks is eagerly awaiting more performances of Billy Budd and Don Giovanni where he can show off that physique. For the time being, we'll have to settle for him performing The Emperor Jones at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, Italy. This opera has an odd history. Although the title character is a black man, the original role was played by white baritone Lawrence Tibbett made out in blackface. The great African-American bass Paul Robeson sang the "Song of Freedom" from the opera in a film with the same name, but not a filmed version of the opera.

It's nice to see that we have a talent like Nmon Ford who can sing the title role au natural. This reminds me of the great story about Leontyne Price who received a complement about her makeup after a performance of Aida. "Oh, honey," replied Price, "This makeup doesn't run."

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What the hell?

[Photo courtesy of Minnesota Opera]

Having watched more performances of Don Giovanni that I can count, I've never seen one where the title character eagerly awaits his decent into hell. However, if the devil looked like Kyle Ketelsen it might seem like a lifetime at Club Med.

Ketelsen will be playing Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust at the Minnesota Opera oppostite fellow barihunk Lucas Meachem, who is playing Valentin. Although we rarely discuss tenors on this site, Faust is played by the wonderful singer Paul Groves. This should be a delightful production. It plays from January 24 through February 1 at the Ordway Center in St. Paul. For more information visit .

What the hell, a trip to Hades doesn't sound so bad in Minneapolis in January, especially if Ketelsen is brandishing his pitchfork.

Chest Voice

[Photos by Monika Rittershaus]

So this is what people mean by a singer having a "beautiful chest voice." Here are two shots of Christopher Maltman from Salzburg's Don Giovanni displaying his stunning chest voice.

Now how about some of his "lower register."

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