They didn’t call them ‘barihunks in those days; but Seattle Opera’s favorite lyric baritone in the 1980s was Dale Duesing, who starred as Gabriel von Eisenstein in this production of Strauss’s popular operetta.

Dale Duesing (Eisenstein) and Beverly Morgan (Rosalinda) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay

Beverly Morgan (Rosalinda), Joseph Wolverton (Alfred), and Dale Duesing (Eisenstein) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay

Kathryn Gamberoni (Adele) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay

Emily Golden (Prince Orlofsky) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay

John Del Carlo (Frank), Dale Duesing (Eisenstein), Beverly Morgan (Rosalinda), and Emily Golden (Orlofsky) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay

Beverly Morgan (Rosalinda) and Joseph Wolverton (Alfred) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay

Beverly Morgan (Rosalinda), Dale Duesing (Eisenstein) and Kathryn Gamberoni (Adele) in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, 1988 © Matthew McVay