Saturday, May 17, 2008
Shadi Torbey

Shadi Torbey was born in Sieburg, Germany of Belgian and Lebanese parents. He studied at the Opéra Studio of La Monnaie and with José van Dam at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth.
He has sung in a number of Barihunk operas, but not in the sexy roles, so finding pictures is difficult. He has performed in Rape of Lucretia (Collatinus), Don Giovanni (Masetto) and Orfeo (Caronte). He performs primarily in France, but we'll be keeping an eye on his career.
He has a CD of French songs available at:
http://www.amazon.com/French-Songs-Lionel-Lhote/dp/B000BVRMKE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211079461&sr=8-1
Bertram Klamp
Hadleigh Adams


Kiwi barihunk Hadleigh Adams pursued vocal training at the University of Auckland and is now studying at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington. In his spare time he works as a fashion model.
He has performed several leading roles with Opera Factory and sings regularly with the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
More Philip Cutlip
Paul Murray
Imagine my pleasant surprise when I attended Sunday's performance of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle at Berkeley Opera and I was greeted with this pretty face as the king! Usually the role is played by a baritone (not barihunk) in his late 50s or early 60s. Walter Berry sang it late in his career, as did Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau.
Even with the beard that he grew for the role, Murray looked like the Boy King. Of course, it made the performance plausible in a totally different way. One can see why his wife Judith is willing to risk everything to see what's behind the last door.
Memphis native Paul Murray received his Master's Degree in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has performed in the Bay Area for the last five years. His barihunk role prior to Bluebeard was Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream at the Conservatory.
His bio says that he likes to mountain bike in his spare time.





