Good Morning!

Phoenix Opera was so kind to share with us videos from the Gala…

And another review of Ernani appeared on the Net from “Russia beyond the headlines”

http://rbth.ru/articles/2012/02/15/hvorostovsky_takes_on_the_me_14377.html

This review says:

“Russian superstar Dmitry Hvorostovsky, in contrast, offered personality and nuance in abundance. That is not to say that he exaggerated; his acting was a perfect example of great effect achieved by understatement. Just by a slow turn of the head or straightening of his back, he could instantly transform from an anonymous stranger to the king of Spain. However, the baritone’s well-modulated voice was not nearly voluminous enough to fill the Metropolitan Theater, which seats close to 4000 and is one of the largest opera theaters in the world. Hvorostovsky’s long breath and exquisite phrasing are inimitable and a delight to hear, but I am sure I was not alone in thinking that it would be much more satisfying to hear him in a smaller hall or a recording. Singing in ensemble with American soprano Meade, his voice seemed like moonlight compared to her strong sunlight. More beautiful, but regrettably overpowered.”

And here the last video appeared on YouTube from the perfromance of the debut…

Hope you enjoy!

To the next post…

Dimaland

Dear Followers,

I have great great great news!

For those who couldn’t buy Dmitri’s last CD “Rachmaninov Romances” yet there is

the possibility to DOWNLOAD the ENTIRE CD From this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?co42wxhsnu7dsyr

click on it, than on download and you will have it on your PC… but pay attention, it is a rar. file and when you open it you will be requested  a password… don’t panic! The password is “hartaopera”.

Thanks to the fabulous Blog Hartaopera!

The Tracks you will find inside:

1. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 3. Mi otdokhnyom (We shall rest)
2. Ti pomnish’ li vecher (Do you remember the evening?)
3. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 1. O net, molyu, ne ukhodi (Oh no, I beg you, do not leave!)
4. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 2. Utro (Morning)
5. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan’i nochi taynoy (In the silence of the mysterious night)
6. 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 5. Uzh ti, niva moya (Oh you, my corn field!)
7. 6 Songs, Op. 8 (text by H. Heine): No. 2. Ditya kak tsvetok ti prekrasna (My child, you are beautiful as a flower)
8. 6 Songs, Op. 8 (text by H. Heine): No. 5. Son (A dream)
9. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 4. Ya bil u ney (I was with her)
10. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 1. Ya zhdu tebya (I am waiting for you)
11. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 7: Ne ver’ mne, drug (Do not believe me, my friend)
12. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 9. Ona, kak polden’, khorosha (She is as beautiful as noon)
13. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye vodi (Spring waters)
14. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 10. V moyey dushe (In my soul)
15. 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 12. Pora (It is time!)
16. 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 4. Oni otvechali (They replied)
17. 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 6. Otrivok iz A. Myusse (An excerpt from Alfred de Musset)
18. 12 Songs, Op. 21 (text by G. Galina): No. 7. Zdes’ khorosho (How nice this place is)
19. 12 Songs, Op. 21 (text by G. Galina): No. 12. Kak mne bol’no no (How much it hurts)
20. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 2. Vsyo otnyal u menya (Everything I had)
21. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 13. Vchera mi vstretilis’ (Yesterday we met)
22. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 15. Prokhodit vsyo (Everything passes)
23. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 12. Noch’ pechal’na (Sad night)
24. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 9. Ya opyat’ odinok (Once again, I am alone)
25. U vrat obiteli svyatoy (At the gates of the holy cloister)
26. 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 6. Khristos voskres (Christ is risen!)

( http://hartaopera.blogspot.com/ many more CDs to download on the blog, maybe you are interested!)

Happy Valentine again!

Dimaland

A happy Valentine’s Day to everybody! Even if you don’t have anybody there celebrating with you don’t give up hope! <3 And to tell the truth, better to be alone than in a bad company! ahaha!

This evening at 19.30 german time on German radio Deutschlandradio Kultur will be broadcasted a recording of Faust from 24.9.11!

Link to the radio: http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/programmtipp/konzert/1659636/

On the rigth there is written LIVE STREAM and there are different options to listen to the radio.

The cast:

Faust – Vittorio Grigolo, Tenor
Méphistophélès – René Pape, Bass
Marguerite – Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
Valentin – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone
Wagner – Daniel Grice, Baritone
Siebel – Michèle Losier, Mezzosoprano
Marthe – Carole Wilson, Mezzosoprano

Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conduction: Evelino Pidò

Here synopsis and historical news about the opera:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_(opera)

Some reviews All ravishing on Dmitri of course, he was the best on stage!!!

• MUSICAL CRITICISM:

http://musicalcriticism.com/opera/roh-faust-0911.shtml

Having the Valentin of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, meanwhile, adds a whole new dimension to the drama. The Russian baritone commands the stage at each appearance, giving tragic gravity to Marguerite’s usually dull brother. His aria, ‘Avant de quitter ces lieux’, was despatched with swaggering confidence, while his death scene was unusually powerful.

•  THE INDEPENDENT:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/gounod-faust-royal-opera-house-2357332.html

But she [Angela Gheorghiu] was all over the place in the “Jewel Song” playing fast and loose with tempo and rhythm and causing no end of anxiety for the excellent conductor, Evelino Pido.

No such issues with Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Valentin – expensive casting but value for money and then some in the resolutely long lines of his showstopping aria.

• THE GUARDIAN:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/19/faust-royal-opera-house-review

Hvorostovsky, powering his way through “Avant de Quitter Ces Lieux” , is simply outstanding.

• THE TELEGRAPH:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8774774/Faust-Royal-Opera-Covent-Garden-review.html

And Dmitri Hvorostovsky will also ranks with the legends: his Valentin was marked by impeccable technical control and a gripping death scene.

• THE ARTS DESK:

http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/faust-royal-opera-house
In Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s eminently eligible Valentin ,we got some of the most gloriously silken sounds of the night. His passionate rendition of “O sainte medaille” was rapturously received and had us wondering whether Mephistopheles and Faust hadn’t perhaps met their match in this dashing Christian soldier.

• INTERMEZZO:

http://intermezzo.typepad.com/intermezzo/2011/09/faust-royal-opera-house.html

I can’t imagine anyone handling the thankless role of Valentin more adeptly than Dmitri Hvorostovsky, noble and rousing and endless of breath.

• BACHTRACK:

http://www.bachtrack.com/review-faust-royal-opera

In the smaller role of Valentin, Dmitri Hvorostovsky displayed delightful richness of tone and control of line.

• FINANCIAL TIMES:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7b9a1500-e2a6-11e0-897a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1m5VLxrJE

Dmitri Hvorostovsky gives Valentin everything he has and, though the aria lacked Gallic grace, his singing carried quite a punch.

• OPERA TODAY:

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2011/09/devilishly_good.php

Dmitri Hvorostovsky is luxury casting, and his big arias, especially the curse, were superbly dramatic. In this production, he also has to act a lot, both in the sword scenes and in the ballet, where now he’s one of the undead, and is tempted. Macabrely, by the dancers. Perhaps Valentin doesn’t have to be.young, but Valentin’s naivety is so much a part of the role that we should cherish Hvorostovsky while we can.

• OPERAJOURNAL:

http://filmjournal.net/keris9/2011/09/29/faust-royal-opera-house-cinema-season-201112/

Most impressive however was Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who really put a heart and soul into Valentin with an absolutely knock-out, spell-binding performance[...

He did good didn't he? However, no surprise since he is the greatest baritone of our times!

I know you followers are eagerly curios soooo I offer you this video:

this is the baritone's highlight in the opera... but the death scene of Valentin ( Alas, he dies at the end of act 4 but don't panic! He comes back as zombie and dances during the Walpurgis Nighth in the fifth act of this production by David McVicar!) is a heartgripping moment! Don't lose it!

And some pictures from the production…

I Hope you all will be able to tune in and listen to it, it really is worth!

Dimaland

Hello followers,

I want to share a little series of videos containing a performance Dmitri had in 2003 in St.Petersburg’s Michalkov’s Palace. It is called:

RUSSIAN ROMANCES IN THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM 

Enjoy every note!

Here the video about his masterclass

Enjoy!

Dear followers,

a new option was added to Dmitri’s facebook page where you can listen to some tracks from hi new CD Rachmaninov Romances! Have a look at it!!!

https://www.facebook.com/Hvorostovsky?v=app_178091127385

That’s just fabulous!

Good morning!

I have a pair of exciting news:

9/02/2012 Dmitri visited Sirius XM radio for an Interwiew and they were so happy that they shared a picture:

and they wrote as caption: “ It’s a The Metropolitan Opera kind of day around here. We just had a visit from Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who’s currently at the Met in Verdi’s “Ernani.”

Tomorrow evening we have the cance to listen live to Dmitri starring in Gounod’s Faust on german radio Deutschlandradio Kultur: it will be at 19:05 German Time ( GWT + 1)

http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/konzert/1659636/

“Euroradio-Opernsaison 2011/12
Royal Opera House, London
Aufzeichnung vom 24.9.11

Charles Gounod
“Faust”
Oper in fünf Akten
Libretto: Jules Barbier / Michel Carré

Faust – Vittorio Grigolo, Tenor
Méphistophélès – René Pape, Bass
Margarethe – Angela Gheorghiu, Sopran
Valentin – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bariton
Wagner – Daniel Grice, Bariton
Siebel – Michèle Losier, Mezzosopran
Marthe – Carole Wilson, Mezzosopran
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Leitung: Evelino Pidò

nach dem 3. Akt ca. 20:50 Uhr Pause mit Nachrichten”

That’s al Folks for today! byeeeeeee I’ll remind tomorrow about the radio broadcasting!

An article by Lindsay Koob was shared by the Delos Blog:

it is an article divided in two parts:

here is part one: http://delosmusic.com/2012/02/from-arizona-to-the-met-dmitri-hvorostovsky-in-the-news-part-1/

and this is part 2: http://delosmusic.com/2012/02/from-arizona-to-the-met-dmitri-hvorostovsky-in-the-news-part-two/

Enjoy!

Dimaland

This other review appeared on the net!

It is from the Financial Times, and I’m proud to say Dmitri always gets the cover picture

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ac98a3a6-50b5-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1ldPSESk1

This one says:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky illuminated the majestic agonies of Carlo with rolling legato phrases, endless breath and poignant dynamic nuance. Confounding some predictions, he has become a Verdi baritone with few peers. Although golden age is a dangerously hyperbolic term, it actually may apply in these remarkable cases.

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And another one form a blog called Salazar’s Opera Family Circle!

http://salazarfamilycircle.blogspot.com/2012/02/met-opera-review-is-singing-still-king.html

saying:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky was the celebrity of the cast, known more and more for being at the forefront Verdi Baritone. I am not a lover of Hvorostovsky’s Verdi ( I personally think that he is ideal for Tchaikovsky) because I feel that his voice lacks that fortitude commonly associated with Verdi’s baritone writing. The orchestra’s explodes at times that challenge the power and heft of the Baritone in many instances. During these moments, Hvorostovsky’s pushes his voice and tends to take away the ring and luster from his voice. When he does not have to do this, his singing is marvelous, no other baritone today possesses the legato or vocal purity that Hvorostovsky has (I hear way too many Baritones wobble their way through Verdi operas). The end of Act II in which he sings the cavatina “Vieni meco, sol di rose” and the Act 3 aria ” Oh de’verd’anni miei” were perfect displays of the vocal purity that I expect from a Verdi Baritone but rarely ever get. No wobbles, no pushing, just fluid and elegant singing. The final pezzo concertato “O Somma Carlo” was the perfect punctuation for a strong outing by one of the world’s premiere baritones.

and by the way, check Dmitri’s facebook page, he just posted and commented!

your,

dimaland