Shadi Torbey sings the Mayor's aria from "La Gazza Ladra"

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

A native of Darmstadt, Germany, barihunk Bertram Klamp has worked as a model and opera singer in Milan, Italy. He studied music at the Cremora School of Music in Italy.

I think most people will be more interested in his modeling career than his singing, so I've posted extra pictures and fewer text.

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.

By Request: Rodrigo Esteves sings "O Carlo Ascolta"

More Philip Cutlip

OK, everyone seems to want more and more of Philip Cutlip, so here's a teaser.

The other barihunks better beware, Cutlip is hot with readers of this blog!

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.