Shirtless Opera Singers

Fabiano in Lucrezia Borgia

2011-11-22T21:10:00.000-08:00

The super hot Michael Fabiano in John Pascoe's production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia - no matter how hot he is, it's still creepy to be in love with your son...

Thiago Arancam in Tosca

2011-11-22T21:06:00.000-08:00

The up-and-coming spinto tenor Thiago Arancam as a shirtless Cavaradossi - a role which is not often sung by tenors this hot (although Kaufmann and Alagna are great too)

Brandon Jovanovich in Senso

2011-11-22T20:59:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been away for a while, I've been busy and also trying to find some new pictures.

First off, the totally hunky Brandon Jovanovich in Tutino's new opera 'Senso'.

Battle of the Bulge: Paulo Szot

2011-01-23T17:01:00.000-08:00

The gorgeous Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot, famous for singing Broadway and Shostakovich

Battle of the Bulge: Erwin Schrott

2011-01-23T16:48:00.000-08:00

The amazing Erwin Schrott is supposedly very very well endowed. Let's see!

Battle of the Bulge: Ryan MacPherson

2011-01-23T16:43:00.000-08:00

Young tenor Ryan MacPherson is made quite a splash in this production of Wagner's Das Liebesverbot at Glimmerglass Opera for his promising tenor and his tight jeans. Really really tight jeans...

Battle of the Bulge: Peter Rose

2011-01-23T16:41:00.000-08:00

Peter Rose is not your typical hunk and I wouldn't particularly like to see him with his shirt off, but THAT is a bulge.

Battle of the Bulge: Mariusz Kwiecien

2011-01-23T16:38:00.000-08:00

A baritone famous for his bulges, Mariusz Kwiecien

Battle of the Bulge: Jose Cura

2011-01-23T14:45:00.000-08:00

Here's Jose Cura, whose belt thingy shows off his parts quite nicely

Battle of the Bulge: Franco Corelli

2011-01-23T14:43:00.000-08:00

And here's the famously endowed Franco Corelli

Battle of the Bulge: Roberto Alagna

2011-01-23T14:30:00.000-08:00

I've decided to start a new series, which deviates slightly from the topic of shirtless singers. This series focuses on the lower half as opposed to the upper half, and we'll have a chance to see the most well-endowed singers show their stuff. First up, Roberto Alagna, who loves to show his stuff off all the time.

Mario Lanza and George London

2011-01-23T14:29:00.000-08:00

Two great singers, who turn out to be rather attractive as well

Roberto Alagna as Canio

2011-01-23T14:28:00.000-08:00

Pagliacci does not usually involve shirtless tenors, but Alagna seems to want to show off his chest at every single opportunity

Kurt Streit in Semele

2011-01-23T14:27:00.000-08:00

Tenor Kurt Streit in Handel's Semele

Ryan MacPherson

2011-01-23T14:15:00.000-08:00

The young tenor Ryan MacPherson in a production of Cosi fan Tutte

Stefan Kocan as Mefistofele

2011-01-23T14:13:00.000-08:00

The young and hunky bass Stefan Kocan as Mefistofele. He seems to fill out his pants rather well...

Luca Pisaroni sings Bach

2011-01-22T20:43:00.000-08:00

Who knew that Bach would involve shirtless singers? But it's Luca Pisaroni, so it's all ok :P

Rolando Villazon as Romeo

2011-01-22T19:49:00.000-08:00

Rolando Villazon as Romeo in an early performance of Romeo et Juliette with Anna Netrebko in LA. If only there was a DVD...

Peter Lodahl in Armida

2011-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:00

Peter Lodahl as Rinaldo in Gluck's Armida in a production by the super controversial Calixto Bieto

Massimo Giordano in Manon

2011-01-22T19:36:00.000-08:00

Hunky Massimo Giordano as Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon with Anna Netrebko as Manon

Franco Corelli

2011-01-22T19:32:00.001-08:00

My sexy tenor hero :)

Pavol Breslik in Lucrezia Borgia

2010-07-12T01:46:00.000-07:00

Tenor Pavol Breslik in Christof Loy's production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia.

Troy Cook NSFW

2010-07-12T01:17:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the readers for alerting me that the Liceu production of Poulenc's Les Mamelles des Tiresias, currently starring Gabriel Bermudez, had previously starred Troy Cook in the role of the husband. Here's Troy Cook in the same production.

Vittorio Grigolo

2010-06-22T11:50:00.000-07:00

The excellent and hot tenor Vittorio Grigolo in pictures from the Washington Opera production of Lucrezia Borgia.

Mario Del Monaco as Samson

2010-06-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

The great Mario Del Monaco as Samson in Saint-Saens' opera of the same name.

Roberto Bolle NSFW

2010-06-12T20:49:00.000-07:00

I know, Roberto Bolle isn't an opera singer. But he's primo ballerino of La Scala, so that's close enough for me. The pictures are pretty low resolution, as they're from a video that someone filmed illegally. Still, bad quality naked Bolle is better than no Bolle.

Gabriel Bermudez Naked NSFW

2010-06-12T20:40:00.000-07:00

Tenor Gabriel Bermudez naked in Barcelona's production of Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tiresias. Impressive.

Lawrence Tibbett

2010-06-12T20:36:00.000-07:00

The amazing baritone Lawrence Tibbett in a 1936 film, Under Your Spell. Who knew he was that hot?

Mariusz Kwiecien in Elisir

2010-06-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

Sexy Mariusz as Belcore. I love see-through shirts.

Carlos Alvarez and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

2010-06-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

Carlos Alvarez as Don Giovanni and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Leporello. HOT.

Dmitry Korchak

2010-06-12T20:13:00.000-07:00

Super-hot Russian (!) tenor Dmitry Korchak shirtless in a production of Carnicer's Il Dissoluto Punito.

Franco Corelli in Carmen

2010-06-12T20:09:00.000-07:00

The classic operatic sex god in a performance of Carmen. If I were Carmen, I'd rip off his shirt too.

Gidon Saks

2010-06-12T20:03:00.000-07:00

The excellent baritone Gidon Saks as a super horny Scarpia in the Bregenz Tosca. No wonder Tosca's scared.

Tom Randle in Branagh's Magic Flute

2010-06-12T19:59:00.000-07:00

Tenor Tom Randle in Kenneth Branagh's Magic Flute movie. Who said Monastatos was ugly?

David Hobson in Orphee

2010-06-12T19:55:00.000-07:00

The super hot Australian tenor David Hobson (Rodolfo in Baz Luhrmann's Boheme) in Gluck's Orphee. How often do you see tenors built like that?

NSFW Pic: Daniel Okulitch in the Fly

2010-03-29T17:37:00.001-07:00

Here's the picture everyone's been looking for. Enough said.

Her

Greer Grimsley in Salome

2010-03-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

These are pictures from Strauss' Salome with the hot Greer Grimsley as Jochanaan. Usually not a shirtless role, but, well, you never know!

Andrew Richards as Parsifal

2010-03-29T17:23:00.000-07:00

These are pictures from Calixto Bieto's new Parsifal, performed for the first time yesterday at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Wow.

O.o Definitely NSFW. But still.

OLYMPICS

2010-02-20T22:27:00.000-08:00

I know this is totally irrelevant to opera, but I'm in a festive mood, so deal with it, ok? And I'm sure all of you don't mind looking at shirtless pictures of Patrick Chan, the figure skater who came in 5th for figure skating. He's so cute! :)

Carmen at the Met

2010-02-20T22:07:00.000-08:00

Peter Gelb, although making some highly controversial casting decisions in the past (coughKimasZerbinettacough), has certainly done well, at least visually, on the new Richard Eyre production of Carmen, starring Garanca, Aldrich, and Vizin (the last two replacing la Draculette and Olga Borodina). With the likes of Alagna, Kaufmann, Kwiecien, and the less well known but equally hot Jovanovich and Tahu Rhodes, it's easy to be jealous of Carmen...

Roberto Alagna:

Jonas Kaufmann:

Brandon Jovanovich:

Mariusz Kwiecien:

Teddy Tahu Rhodes:

Pietro Spagnoli

2010-01-23T21:31:00.000-08:00

The excellent (and surprisingly fit) Rossini baritone Pietro Spagnoli in the Paris Cenerentola. While it appears that there are 3 people, Spagnoli has a long curly wig that he takes off. With Alessandro Corbelli as Don Magnifico.

A Collection...

2010-01-06T18:35:00.000-08:00

...of tenors, baritones, etc. who have absolutely nothing in common.

Kyle Ketelsen (with Simon Keenlyside as Don Giovanni):

The tenor Leonardo Capalbo:

David Lucas:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky:

Gerald Finley:

Alex Esposito:

And Bulent Bezduz with his family:

Nathan Gunn in the Pearl Fishers

2010-01-05T20:50:00.000-08:00

Nathan Gunn, the well-renowned barihunk, in Bizet's Les Pecheurs des Perles. We wouldn't expect this to be an opera with lots of shirtless guys, but whatever. The tenor in the white pants is William Burden. Lucky Leila...

Enfin c'est toi! JONAS KAUFMANN FINALLY SHIRTLESS

2010-01-05T20:46:00.000-08:00

The hot Jonas Kaufmann FINALLY gets shirtless in La Scala's new production of Carmen. Thanks to Emma Dante, the director, we finally get to see Jonas' chest! If only I were Anita Rachvelishvili...(I'm sure I spelled that wrong)

Roberto Alagna in speedos

2010-01-04T21:24:00.000-08:00

The furry, wet, and now-available Roberto Alagna! Now with a limited speedo edition! From his incredibly vain (but hot) 'workout' video in his villa.

More Tenors

2009-11-20T21:17:00.000-08:00

As we know, tenors typically are short and fat. However, this is quickly changing!

Another picture of James Valenti. He should go into modelling.

Toby Spence.

Rolando Villazon in Romeo and Juliette.

And Rolando Villazon as Rodolfo. Click for larger version.

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo in DG

2009-09-02T11:16:00.000-07:00

The incredibly hot and fit Ildebrando D'Arcangelo's recent production of Don Giovanni at the Macerata Festival in Italy. Wow.

The Leporello, Andrea Concetti, is pretty nice too!

Nikolai Schukoff

2009-09-02T11:11:00.001-07:00

The super-hot Wagnerian tenor Nikolai Schukoff seems to really enjoy getting shirtless, and that's fine by me.

Vancouver Opera's 09-10 Season

2009-08-22T19:51:00.000-07:00

Vancouver Opera's next season promises to be very exciting, particularly since both James Valenti and Daniel Okulitch are coming. Furthermore, both will be performing shirtless in their respective operas (Nozze and Butterfly). Get you tickets ASAP!

James Valenti as Pinkerton:

A very entertaining (and hot) ad Valenti did for Minnesota Opera:

Daniel Okulitch as Figaro:

Cosi Fan Tutte (part 3)

2009-08-22T19:38:00.001-07:00

And finally, the famous 2006 Glyndebourne production featuring the super-hot Luca Pisaroni (hairy) and Topi Lehtipuu (shaven).

Cosi Fan Tutte (part 2)

2009-08-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a film of Cosi from 1988 directed by Jean-Pierre Ponelle, featuring a shirtless Luis Lima (in blue) and Ferrucio Furlanetto (in red)

Cosi Fan Tutte (part 1)

2009-08-22T19:23:00.000-07:00

Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte is an opera about sex. Basically, it's about two guys who get into a bet with another guy that they have sex with each other's girlfriend. Therefore, it's a pretty obvious opera to perform shirtless.

Here's a 2002 production from the Staatsoper Berlin, in which Hanno Muller-Brachmann performed the whole Act I finale shirtless.

Zambello's Don Giovanni

2009-07-29T12:53:00.000-07:00

Nowadays, Don Giovanni is about singing shirtless. The Francesca Zambello production at the ROH is well-known for the final scene where the baritone performs shirtless! Since there have been many revivals of the production, there are lots of good pictures of different baritones. Pick your favourite! I personally like Schrott and Kwiecien...

Erwin Schrott:

Simon Keenlyside:

Mariusz Kwiecien:

Gerald Finley:

Bryn Terfel:

The Old Generation

2009-07-29T12:41:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, doing operas shirtless is a very modern fad. So we didn't get to see some of the older hot singers such as Corelli, Del Monaco, Lanza, Bastianini etc. perform shirtless! Here's what I could get:

Domingo at home:

Domingo as Samson:

Ramon Vinay as Samson:

Peter Hoffmann as Siegmund:

Giuseppe di Stefano:

A young Franco Corelli (standing, far left):

The New Generation of Singers

2009-07-29T11:29:00.000-07:00

This is the new mold of young singers: hot, muscular, and willing to take their shirt off. Good singing optional. However, with these types of pictures, I'm not complaining!

Charles Castronovo, Tenor

Mariusz Kwiecien, Baritone

Daniel Okulitch, Baritone

Zachary Stains, Tenor

James Valenti, Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

2009-07-29T10:52:00.000-07:00

Jonas Kaufmann, the REALLY hot German tenor, never takes his shirt off. However, as we can see from the above picture, he has a great body! So here are some pictures of Kaufmann, the closest we've got to him being compeletely shirtless!

From Carmen, Fidelio, Konigskinder, and Idomeneo.

Cura's Chest (part 2)

2009-07-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

Jose Cura's 1999 Otello in Buenos Aires. Desdemona is soooo lucky...

Cura's Chest

2009-07-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

Argentinean tenor Jose Cura is the typical Latin male: always ready to take his shirt off. Since he's built like an athlete, that's no bad thing too...

Photos from Otello, Samson et Dalila, Aida, and Il Corsaro.

And some tenors too...

2009-07-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

Since so many hot baritones are already on the wonderful Barihunks blog, here are some hot tenors too!

Roberto Alagna in Aida

Giuseppe Filianoti in Contes des Hoffmann

William Burden in Pecheurs des Perles

Baritones - Alvarez, D'Arcangelo

2009-07-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

2 hot baritones, Carlos Alvarez and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo in Don Giovanni.

Now you understand why Elvira falls for both of them.

FIRST POST

2009-07-20T15:01:00.000-07:00

This post inaugurates my new blog, ShirtlessOpera.

Today, there are so many hot singers, and so many hot productions, and opera is turning fun!

So, here's my first picture:

Erwin Schrott, Baritone.

The classic shirtless singer.