Sex, Opera, Barihunks and…

The latest issue of MANNER magazine on sex, opera, the phenomenon of the barihunks (those hunky baritons often appearing bare-chested on stage) and our very own porn adaptations: pictured here –along with two barihunks– the set of SCHOOL FOR LOVERS (from Mozart/DaPonte) and Pietro Rosselli in UNDER THE BIG TOP/”The Clowns” (from Leoncavallo)

Jordan Fox at the Opera

Could it be? A porn flick set in a REAL Opera House (Berlin’s Komische Oper)? French pornstar Jordan Fox shared this picture on his FB page, but didn’t reveal much –other than an intriguing: “for a new movie”. Now, many porn flicks were shot and set in historical movie houses –going all the way back to the 70s. But this must be the first in an Opera House. Phantom of the Opera, the XXX version? Details?

On Porn: a point of view

 Excerpts from an interview FRESHMEN published in 2007. I wouldn’t answer any differently today…

1. What makes your movies, your style, even your models different? How would
you describe your style….

Colleague Kristen Bjorn refers to my movies as “bucolic”.  I would hope he isn’t  talking of the pastoral settings only. Rather of my quest for beauty. For a Paradise Lost of beautiful men and exotic locales. Raunch, as I see it in most American porn, does very little for me. Nothing wrong with it,
if that gets you off. But I’d like my porn –the porn I watch and the porn I strive to produce– to be erotic and visually spectacular. I’d like it to aim for higher production values, more romance and richer, less formulaic sex. I’d like it to spellbind us the way  Bjorn, Duroy and Higgins have
time and time again. Proof  that sexual heat and beauty aren’t mutually exclusive. Nor should they be.

2. What quality do you look for in your performers?

We all look for a handsome face, a chiseled body and a powerful tool. Sometimes we luck out and find all three attributes wrapped up in one model. More often than not, we may have to settle for two out of three. The order of preference, however, sets one producer apart from the other, one vision of eroticism (and voyeurism) from the other. William Higgins and I would put face first, dick last. Others would put dick first… I suspect these producers are making the most money!

3. How do you define sexy?

This is a tough one. Because being sexy has little to do with being beautiful. It is less about aesthetics than it is about body language and the chemistry between two bodies.

Meet Diego and Wagner

Wagner is lucky when it comes to… boyfriends. You first met pretty Leo on LucasKazan. Then muscle man Thomas. It’s now Diego’s turn and –in Wagner’s own words– “he’s the one!”. Wagner has bulked up at the gym to match Diego’s muscular build. Both are strikingly handsome, hung, athletic. And yes, madly in love with each other. The sex?, you ask: passionate!