Teddy Tahu Rhodes Says NO to the Death Penalty, Thankfully Keeps Saying YES to Hawt Abs

That big lumberjack of a sek-say baritone, surfer dude Teddy "Abz of Steel" Tahu Rhodes, is back as convicted killer Joseph de Rocher in the Dead Man Walking opera (he had already starred in the role in 2003). Leave it to him to make a murderer hawt as, huh, hell.

In the picture right above, TTR, sadly with abs concealed under his shirt, is standing next to Sister Helen Prejean, author of the Dead Man Walking book. 

And we can only close a post as depressing as one on the death penalty with the uplifting image of Teddy's abs in glorious close-up (100% size image pops up, watch out! those things attack!).

Comments

[Donna Anna]

The more buffed up he gets, the less hair he has. I'll bet he rocked the house--and where was he singing?

[Nullifidian]

Good question!

It says in the article that he'll be singing the role in Sydney in September. That means Opera Australia, but there's no Dead Man Walking on their calendar for that month, and Operabase gives performances for this year in Malmö from November 2006 to January 2007, Dresden in April 2007 with Mel Ulrich as Joseph de Rocher, and one in Wien at the Theater an den Wien with an American baritone named John Packard.

So I'm completely puzzled.

[Luisa]

He's singing Escamillo at Opéra Bastille in May.

[Di]

I saw this production tonight.

It wasn't an Opera Australia production, but an independent one at the State Theatre.

It was AMAZING.

And yes, there may have been a small puddle of drool left near my seat, caused by young Teddy in underpants doing pushups and displaying a very very very very very buff torso. A buff sweaty torso. The sixpack was more defined than in the pictures above.

But, mainly, he was in fine voice, as was Kirsty Harmes. It was a wonderful production.