It looks like barihunk Paulo Szot isn't the only opera singer crossing over into musicals. Perennial Barihunks favorite Randal Turner recently wrapped up a run of playing Billy Bigelow in Carousel in Darmstadt. We thought that you'd enjoy a few photos of this singer who is steamy hot playing just about any role. Read Full Story
Hadleigh Adams is a current PwC Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist with the NBR New Zealand Opera Company (http://www.nzopera.com/). He makes his professional debut this year in the NBR New Zealand Opera's productions of La Boheme, Hansel and Gretel, and Jenufa. In 2008, Adams has a busy concert schedule. He'll be performing the Messiah with the Tudor Consort and Vector Wellington Orchestra, the World Premiere of David Hamilton's Breaking the Quiet with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra... Read Full Story
Make sure to watch the video. Branislav Radakovic is absolutely adorable! Radakovic started studying voice at age 19 and was hired to sing in the Sarajevo Opera chorus. After a brief stint in the Army, he joined the Belgrade Opera Studio at the National Theatre. In 2006 he came to the United States, where he has continued to study and sing in regional opera productions. Read Full Story
Branislav Radakovic is a baritone who sings with smaller opera companies in Northern California. He obviously has some talent as witnessed from this spontaneous and unrehearsed performance in Oakland. He's also quite a charmer and easy on the eyes. Read Full Story
Field Poll: California voters' disapproval rating on Bush highest since 1961 By Kevin Yamamura - kyamamura@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, July 19, 2008 President Bush's disapproval rating in California has reached the highest mark for a president since the Field Poll began tracking White House numbers in 1961, according to its latest survey released Friday.Less than a quarter of California voters – 24 percent – said they approve of Bush's job performance, compared with 71... Read Full Story
I'm not sure what to make of this quite yet, but I'm a fan of Neil Patrick Harris so I allowed myself to get caught up in it. If you're curious, you can visit the site at http://www.drhorrible.com/ This is from WIRED magazine: Doctor Horrible was created during the Hollywood Writer's Strike by Joss Whedon, his brother Zack, his half-brother Jed, and actress Maurissa Tancharoen. The reason it was created is best described by Joss in the Master Plan he posted on the Interwebs: Once upon a... Read Full Story
[Top photo from La Cieca's www.parterre.com. Bottom photo from Opera Chic at http://operachic.typepad.com/opera_chic/2008/02/danza-me-to-the.html] Two of the most entertaining opera sites for opera fanatics have dueling ideas about who Erwin Schrott's doppelgänger might be. The always fun La Cieca nominates Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, while Opera Chic leans toward Tony Danza. To avoid confusion, Opera Chic helpfully points out that in this rare instance Schrott is the guy with his shirt ON. My... Read Full Story
The pictures are finally in from Teddy Tahu Rhodes' debut in Billy Budd in Sante Fe. Needless to say, he is getting rave reviews and looking rather cute in his sailor's outfit. A reviewer at RedOrbit even likened him to the original from the movies. And while vocal suitability should always be first and foremost in the casting of any opera, it must be said, he looks the part splendidly, not unlike the young Terence Stamp who played the role in the 1962 film version of the story... Read Full Story
Alabama 's Anti-Gay Attorney General Caught in Bed with Male Aide By Mark Kernes MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Okay; who said the following? "The existence of the Gay-Lesbian Alliance on this campus is an affront to the state of Alabama , its citizenry, this university and its students." "Currently, AIDS is the most behavior-oriented disease known to mankind. If this nation's current purveyors of perversion would refrain from committing sodomy, they would unquestioningly be spared the ravages of... Read Full Story
