DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY

 

Heroes and Villains

 

Borodin

Prince Igor, Igor’s aria “Ni sna, ni otdikha”

Mussorgsky

Boris Godunov, Boris’s aria “Dastik ya vyshei vlasti”

Khovanschina, Shaklovity’s aria “Spit streletskoe gnezdo”

Rubinstein

The Demon, Demon’s aria “Na Vozdushnom akiane”

with Florence Illi-Hvorostovsky - Soprano

The Demon, Demon’s aria “Ne plach ditya”

Nero, Vindex’s aria “Epitalama”

Wagner

Tannhäuser, Wolfram’s aria “Oh du mein holder Abendstern”

Giordano

Andrea Chenier, Gérard’s aria “Nemico della patria”

Verdi

La Forza del Destino, Carlo’s aria “Urna Fatale”

with Dmitry Kuznetsov - Baritone

Leoncavallo

Pagliacci, Tonio, Prologue “Si può?”

Puccini

Tosca, Scarpia’s aria “Te Deum”

Gounod

Faust, Valentin’s aria “Avant de quitter ces lieux”

Massenet

Hérodiade, Herod’s aria “Vision fugitive”

Bizet

Carmen, Escamillo, Toreador Song “Votre toast”

with Marnie Breckenridge - Soprano

Viktoria Smirnova - Soprano

Anastasia Chikaeva - Mezzo-soprano

Thomas

Hamlet, The Drinking Song “Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse”

with Andrey Azovsky - Tenor

Dmitry Kuznetsov - Baritone

 

Philharmonia of Russia / Constantine Orbelian

 

Heroes and Villains is Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s most splendidaria album to date. Now at the peak of his powers, Hvorostovsky draws on his gorgeous baritone to interpret a range of arias from the rarely heard, to audience favorites. His collaborator in this versatile program is American conductor Constantine Orbelian with the Philharmonia of Russia.

 

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