“There are a lot of question marks at the end of the opera. Who will this young man become? Potentially, he could become a revolutionist, a member of the avant-garde Decembrist movement. Will it be easier for him to commit suicide because of his unlucky love? Or will he become someone who would do something for society? Will he start writing? Or become a politician and fight against the routine of government structures? [...] The easiest thing to say is that he is a bad guy because he turned down Tatiana, and gets what he deserves when, years later, he suddenly falls in love with her — and she turns him down. But this is not true. He is a much more profound guy.”
— Dmitri Hvorostovsky on Eugene Onegin
TCHAIKOVSKY: EUGENE ONEGIN
prod. Robert Carsen | Metropolitan Opera, 2007
This is an editted version of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, The late Russian Baritone singing all parts of M. Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death in 1993 at Proms. This was Dmitri's Proms debut and also the most passionate performance of Songs an Dances of Death from him in my opinion. This is sadly not the full performance but it is very good none the less.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Pagliacci as Silvio from the Royal Opera House
Here's a link to a translation if you wanna follow along (I think it's fun to do this): http://www.murashev.com/opera/Pagliacci_libretto_Italian_English
Il Trovatore "Mira, di acerbe lagrime" - Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Saint Petersburg Orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum & Constantine Orbelian https://www.ift.tt/r6lXb7g
Opera Lyrics - Jonas Kaufmann, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Aria: Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers Duet) (Act I)
Opera: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (1863) (The Pearl Fishers)
Composer: Georges Bizet
Libretto: Eugène Cormon et Michel Carré
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Nadir - Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Zurga - Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Here is a video of Yeletsky's Aria from Act 2 of Queen of Spades. This is being performed by the late Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Mariinsky Theatre, 2003.
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Conducted by Maestro Valery Gergiev.
I remember the first time I watched this I ended up crying at the simple beauty and devotion Hvorostovsky had that night. There was something so heartbreaking about this simple confession that truly shook my heart and memories. I will always remember you Dima.