Dmitri Hvorostovsky "Votre Toast" Toreador Song Carmen

[MikrosBeethoven]

I touch myself at nights with this.

[TheTenorJG]

I liked his voice....it is powerfull...nice....but it has some arias that must be singing with the righ accent, "pour les liesons", like that one.

But he is a nice singer...in a russian style, and from a russian school.

Totaly diferent from the italian one (my favorite)

[gumimokus]

thanks, wonderfull!!

[BassHaritone]

He has numerous errors not only in his french diction, but also sings the wrong words altogether at times. He also ignores the accidentals in the cadences of both verses (the "D" natural). I have not heard him in a small house but I did see him at the Met in Giovanni....it was a puny sound. The Masetto was a larger sound.  Mr. Hvorostovsky is all about the marketing of a sexy guy.

Check out Ildar Abdrazakov or Željko Lučić to hear what a real Baritone ought to sound like.

[spotlessmcpartland]

@BassHaritone Actually, your "marketing of a sexy guy" remark would be more applicable to Abdrazakov than to Hvorostovsky.

At any rate, Sam Ramey was better than either of them.

mcp

[sprezzaturaguy]

Toreador, en garde, Toreador, Toreador!

Et songe bien, oui, songe en combattant

Qu'un oeil noir te regarde,

Et que l'amour t'attend,

Toreador, L'amour t'attend!

[NgiMandla]

This man has HUGE balls.

[pieldorada04]

Me encanta.................

[gratiaDei777]

Is it just me, or is the orchestra too fast in the first minute or so?

[ThinkerDesidero]

EYEBROW SWAG

[jpmessier11]

I'm not gay but I would totally do that guy in the butt... O.O

[LATINLATINGIRL]

He is like a good wine...

[arpistadellamedusa]

who is the conductor! he gives such a great energy! what tempos!

[eurydike]

@arpistadellamedusa the energy , it is the baritones work:)))))

[LATINLATINGIRL]

D'mitri, you are so sexy!! Yummyyyyyy!!

[mauze96]

where is it??

this opera looks beautiful i love old operas :)

and the songs is also beautiful

[FaulFerkel]

@mauze96 Moscow, Big Hall of Conservatory

[mauze96]

@FaulFerkel thank you ;)

[Davccelion]

Only one thing aganist: he's taking the tempo as he wants, ignoring the orchestra from time to time..In everything else I agree with the other comments, he's a great singer.

[seedpean]

Muito bom esse video. Gostei!

[MsMacbeth22]

He is simply the best!...(¸.•¨¯`*•●♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥..­.and no microphone!!

[MsMacbeth22]

He is simply the best!...(¸.•¨¯`*•●♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥..­.and no microphone!!

[MsMacbeth22]

He is simply the best!...(¸.•¨¯`*•●♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥..­.

[witness124]

Escamillo is the average equivalent of one of those idiotic popstars that Hvorotovsky is fighting the good fight against. A brilliant rendition.

[MsMonty80]

un uomo magnifico!!!!!!!

[Galastel]

I doubt that if he were singing with a microphone, he'd be winning all those prestigeous prizes, or singing with Pavarotti, or that he'd be so respected worldwide.

I love his acting: you can really see the boastful Escamillo there.

[devilxhlywood]

@Galastel singing with Pavarotti didn't amount to much in his later years. Didn't he duet with Bryan Adams? Seems that if you had a large check and an equally large plate of pasta you could get Pavarotti to do pretty much anything.

[crazydrummer99999]

oh just stop, he is very good, great bass baritone. microphone or not, he can sing better than any of u trolls probly can. so just stop and try to enjoy the great music the video is playing. u idiots

[RealJusuf]

@crazydrummer99999 He is a baritone... not bass baritone ;)

[devilxhlywood]

hah, love the expression opera singers give after they finish nailing a piece.

[Baritanist]

ROFL pathetic fake. He is nothing without amplification!

[Phantess]

@Baritanist You think you can do better?

[Baritanist]

@Phantess Yes, I can do better. I sang Escamillo many times on stage without microphone. Hvorostovsky is nothing without a microphone. He is a pathetic fake.

[Phantess]

@Baritanist Actually, I just saw him in Vienna last year, in November. He had no microphone or nothing and he stole the show. So don't go around calling someone a pathetic fake.

[Baritanist]

@Phantess ROFL you won't even see the microphone. You can hear it from the fake artificial sounds he produces. It's a voice BLOWN UP by AMPLIFICATION. The Viennese are a bad public they accept everything.

[Phantess]

@Baritanist Sweetheart, trust me, it isn't. That wasn't the first time I've heard him live.

And for your information, I'm not from Austria, so don't go around calling me a bad public. Have you ever performed there?

[eurydike]

i like it how he enters the stage, as if he really were a toreador:-) and a handsome toreador:-)

it is good he doesnt smile too much:-) what would we,his fans do if he smiled a lot into the bargain:-)? I like very much how he sings the aria here.

[levmila]

Не понимаю

, почему комментарии только англикосов

,что русские не слушают сибиряка Хворостовсого. ПОЗОР!

[Ecokate01]

@levmila слушают, но многие русские знают еще и английский (и другие языки) помимо русского. Насколько мне известно, здесь на YouTube, английский - язык интернационального общения.

[MrThephantom12]

This is the way opera was meant to be sung, BRAVO!!

[utquantlaxis]

Bravo.....

[FirreFace]

Great voice!!! Bravo!

[22Rossina]

Great voice.....Great interpretation....fantastic...­.!!!!!!

[scatola110]

@22Rossina 

[Giovannifabuloso]

He has a very small voice with a very limited range. He has no top and only knows how to sing in the middle of his voice. Never understood what people were so excited about. I would much rather listen to Leonard Warren sing this aria

[alya1967]

@Giovannifabuloso Have you heard him in person? I don't think so. As per some recordings - they remind me of the old anecdote "Why are they bragging about this Caruso guy? John sang to me his part over the phone yesterday, it was nothing impressive!" Go to a concert and you will understand the excitement. He is absolutely amazing even not in the best of voices - I listened to him in Montreal when he was evidently ill - and I am still fascinated! Stage presence... A rare one!

[louie1a]

@Giovannifabuloso nothing is as good as it used to be. i just don't understand it. Giovanni, pls read on. you seem to be a majority of one.

[MikrosBeethoven]

@Giovannifabuloso He's famous for many reasons, but one of them is that he's hot! Gust like Netrepko! We live in a shallow, shallow world, get used to it!

[Phantess]

@MikrosBeethoven He's famous because he's an amazing musician, has an amazing stage performance and most of all, his voice is like silk. You will never find someone as good as him. Deal with it.

[DanyNicola]

@Giovannifabuloso What? I've heard him sing from low F to high A...I don't call that a limited range.

[Giovannifabuloso]

He has such a limited range. No top at all. He only knows how to sing in the middle of the voice. What a boring singer!

[MikrosBeethoven]

notice the eyebrowes in 1st "l'amour l'amour". Kinky......

[MrMrmike5]

@MikrosBeethoven lol

[MIGUEL2005LIMA]

@MikrosBeethoven jajajajaa

[hejdanli]

@MikrosBeethoven

1:55

[GUTOUR]

este si es el TORERO!!!!

[humboldt777]

What a great voice!

[SingcerelyStudios]

Who lite a fire in his pants??? Where is the fire he is in such a rush to get to! WOW! WHY SO FAST? Are his high notes shot so he can't hold them or what??? And did anyone else notice - Nothing in the eyes! Must all be just about notes...

Oy vey! 2 Stars is generous for this!

[MsDvornik]

non lo si sente in sala.. è tutto qua..

[leibniz771]

Beautiful

[thomasmoredamian]

THRILLING is the only word that applies! His voice is heaven on earth....you can have all the tenors you want: give me a great baritone like Hvorostovsky!

[Fuzzy8080]

@thomasmoredamian

Nicolae Herlea

[Rusalkalila]

he said: pour plaisir ils ont les soldats...hahahahahaha

anyway i love him!

[Alexjhs]

Ardderchog!!

[yulisaaa]

A really amazing vocal technique:. Incredible "fiato", emission, vocal line and natural colour. A really big and beautiful voice. Besides, such a passional interpretation. One of the Gods of singing. No doubt. I wish i could hear him live one day.

[GudrunO]

I'm more than lucky to have him in Berlin at the Deutsche Oper in "Un ballo in maschera"- can't wait, on October 30th and Nov. 5th! First time live on stage. Bravo Dimitri!!!!

[Operataurus]

He has a beautiful voice but the last thing it is is big. Small and perfectly formed, more like.

[ptichkagulnara]

Ruggero Reimondi...the best!!!!

[MARISOLDELMONACO]

Bravo!  Hermosa Voz. Extraordinario cantante

[jira3312]

Well, Dmitri has really great voice when he was young but then he started to sing too much in dramatic way and now there is NO SQUILLO in his voice.

[ojspikes]

Well he keeps getting hired...must be doing something right!

[louiscouturiaux]

Quelle souplesse du travail de la voix c'est un instrument de qualité que Dimitri nous montre ici. Bien sûr pour les puristes du français il y aurait encore à peaufiner mais sa fougue exprisme très bien le caractère du matchisme du toréro. Bravo pour ce beau moment live.....

[Francoecacorelli]

The best at the momento!Fuck you all dogs!!

[arunah11]

Poor Dmitri ! Why does he have to do THAT ?

Can anyone think of a white-haired torero ?

And his French is terrible !

I suppose he has to pay his taxes but nonetheless...

[MrCafiero]

The death of opera.  Everyone applaud.

[MysteriousIsle]

Why the death of Opera?

[MrCafiero]

He does not sound this way live. There is virtually no squillo whatsoever to his voice in person. He has a very small voice and they have him singing these dramatic baritone roles, mainly because these so called great teachers and institutions are not able to develop dramatic voices. So there are none to chose from. So they take smaller voices and make them sound bigger and better than they are through enhancement. Just think that Merrill, Warren, Ruffo, Tibbet...all sang this stuff.

[MysteriousIsle]

Well, I cannot argue against you. I just think that just because you don't have a big and dramatic voice you shouldn't sing. There is something to appreciate I think in the hard work of any singer despite anything.

[MrCafiero]

I don't think I wrote that. He should not be singing dramatic roles without the voice for it. He should stick to smaller roles. Even then, however, a small voice should still be chiaroscuro. The size of voice should not affect how well it is produced.

[MysteriousIsle]

Maybe Opera is changing.

[MrCafiero]

Yeah, it is dying unless great singing comes back. Opera was not meant to be enhanced or mic'd. It is not opera. You can sing opera music being enhanced and mic'd, but that doesn't make you a true opera singer.

[WhiteProfondo]

Maybe the true natural voices are getting more and more rare? Could be...

[MrCafiero]

We have not changed physiologically so there are still very talented voices out there. Technique has changed and people are no longer able to fully develop voices to their full potential.

[WhiteProfondo]

Hm, I´ll do my best...

[Ankhsnammon]

qu'e desaaaaaaastreeeeee!

Disaster! disatroso!

Furboooo!

ankhsnammon

[Ankhsnammon]

Otra vez con lo mismo!Dmitri...Oh,Dmitri!

hasta cuàndo? quosque tandem?

Jajajaaaa!Estàs cada vez m'as...de la nuuuuca!

Jaja1

ankhsnammon