Mathias Hausmann's Austrian Composers Program at Half-Price

Mathias Hausmann

Fans of Austrian barihunk Mathias Hausmann who live on the East Coast are in luck, as his concert on Wednesday, October 12th is available at half-price. The gifted recitalist will be performing songs from his favorite fellow Austrians, including Mahler, Korngold, Eisler, Zeisl, Stolz and Benatzky. Visit the goldtar ticketing website for your half-price tickets. The performance will be in the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

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Pierrot's Tanzlied "Mein sehnen, mein wähnen"

Kalmanovitch, Melrose & Hampson

One of the most beautiful arias ever written for lyric baritone is undoubtedly "Mein sehnen, mein wähnen" or Pierrot's Tanzlied for Erich Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt."
After the young, beautiful dancer Marietta has made a toast with the rest of her troupe, she asks Fritz to sing a song. He sings a yearning dance song that looks into his past.

Here are three singers at various phases of their careers singing the Tanzlied. The young Philip Kalmanovitch who is just beginning his career, Leigh Melrose who has begun singing on major stages in the last few years and the legendary Thomas Hampson.

Philip Kalmanovitch:



Leigh Melrose:



Thomas Hampson:

Also, don't forget that for the next two weeks we'll be taking submissions for our first-ever charity Barihunks calendar. Send High Res photos and bio to Barihunks@gmail.com.

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A Chris Herbert Mini-Concert (with Thomas Bagwell, piano)

Chris Herbert

"Reine des mouettes" by Poulenc 

"Reine des mouettes" by Poulenc by ChristopherDHerbert

"Epipalinodie" by Jacques Leguerney 

  "Epipalinodie" by Jacques Leguerney by ChristopherDHerbert

"Le jardin mouillé" by Albert Roussel

  "Le jardin mouillé" by Albert Rouseel by ChristopherDHerbert 

"Le départ" by Albert Roussel 

  "Le départ" by Albert Roussel by ChristopherDHerbert 

Ständchen by Erich Korngold 

  Ständchen by Erich Korngold by ChristopherDHerbert 

Korngold's "Gefasster Abscheid"

  Gefasster Abschied by ChristopherDHerbert 

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Ukrainian Baritone Andrei Bondarenko Wins Cardiff Song Prize

Andrei Bondarenko

24-year-old Ukrainian baritone Andrei Bondarenko has has won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize.  Bondarenko bested four other young singers in the competition. Bondarenko, has been a member of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2007.

Bondarenko sang a diverse program that included Robert Schumann and Georgi Sviridov. The Song Prize jury was chaired by John Fisher, former chief executive and artistic director of Welsh National Opera, and included Marilyn Horne, baritone Håkan Hagegård, Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg and BBC Radio 3's Adam Gatehouse. This wasn't his first win at a major competition, he previously won the 2006 International Rimsky-Korsakov competition and took first prize at the international vocal competition "Art in the 21st Century" in Vorzel (Ukraine).

Future highlights will include his debut with the Glyndebourne Festival & Touring Opera. 

Here is his prize-winning song program:

Here his performance from the aria competition:



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