Okulitch at Museum of Sex

By PlaybillArts Staff
October 26, 2009

In anticipation of its forthcoming production of the Mozart classic, New York City Opera will host an Oct. 27 event exploring the legend behind Don Giovanni. The 7 PM presentation will be held at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan.


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New York City Opera's own Don Juan (bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch) in its new production of Don Giovanni, director Christopher Alden, and Esther Perel, a prominent sexologist, join us for an intimate, provocative exchange on the Don Juan legend, including a live excerpt from Don Giovanni, and film and audio clips and slides.

The evening will explore history versus myth, the Don's changing image, how Mozart's Don Juan relates to the composer's own lusty sexuality, City Opera's new interpretation, and Don Juan in the 21st century.

PARTICIPANTS:

Christopher Alden, director
Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone
Esther Perel, couple therapist, author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
Liora Maurer, pianist
Moderator: Cori Ellison, City Opera Dramaturg

Tickets are $10. The Museum of Sex is located at 233 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Call 212-689-6337 x115 or visit www.museumofsex.com

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Can You Tell Them Apart?

The Arizona Republic newspaper recently ran this paragraph in a review of Cosi fan Tutti at Arizona Opera:

The girls and boys are pretty much interchangeable - can you tell the difference between Guglielmo (David Adam Moore) and Ferrando (Gordon Gietz)? Didn't think so.

I'm not sure that it matters if one can tell them apart. They're both pretty hot and we happily welcome tenor Gordon Gietz to the site.

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The Hot Pole

What more can we say about Mariusz Kwiecien's special gift? After all, it's one of the reasons we call him the Hot Pole.

Kwiecien is heading to his homeland to sing Lord Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Opera Krakowska beginning in November.

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Zachary Gordin in "A Night of Barihunks"

Zachary Gordin is new to our site and he's part of what we're calling "A Night of Barihunks" at the Oakland East Bay Symphony on November 13th. The former countertenor will be joining barihunks Brian Leerhuber and Joshua Bloom in a night of operatic scenes (including tenors and sopranos, as well).

Bloom and Leerhuber have both appeared on this site before. Leerhuber was featured for his amazing chest and Gordin gives him some serious competition in that category. These are two guys who need to be featured in the shirtless barihunk roles that provide this site with content (i.e. - Pearl Fishers, Rape of Lucretia, Don Giovanni and Billy Budd).

Gordin has recently performed with the Oakland East Bay Symphony in a concert performance of “Otello." In August, he appeared as Wagner in “Faust” with the Festival Opera in Walnut Creek. If you miss him in "A Night of Barihunks," you can see him portray Enrico in “Lucia di Lammermoor” with North Bay Opera in March 2010.

We hope to see a lot more of Gordin in the future.

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See David Krohn for FREE (but with his shirt on)

For those of you in the New York area, you can go see barihunk David Krohn for free at his Julliard recital concert. It will take place on November 17 in Julliard's Paul Hall at 8 PM.

He'll be performing Handel's "Dalla Guerra Amorosa", Schubert's "3 Gesänge des Harfners" and Ravel's "Histoires Naturelles."

Krohn has been featured on Barihunks three times before and he's building quite a following as he launches his career.

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Markus Werba sings Don Giovanni's "Finch'han dal vino"

A video of Markus Werba's recent performance of Don Giovanni in Japan has finally emerged for your viewing pleasure. He is every bit as sexy as we were told.

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The sexiest Tarquinius?

We have always maintained that Matthew Worth is the sexiest Tarquinius in the world today, but Christopher Maltman offers up quite a challenge in this performance from the Aldeburgh Festival. He also sings this music as beautifully as we've heard. Here's a clip from what may be the most glorious five minutes of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia.








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