Dmitri Hvorostovsky "O de' verd'anni miei" Ernani

[eurydike]

i don´t understand how somebody can say, that he barks...

he is ...parfait:))

[tombwomb]

i remember seeing him live and was struck by the medium size of the voice, but at how totally capable he was at being a total performer. beauty of tone and timbre and control of the line. very good. and he made us listen and respond. . a huge voice is great..but i don't think that is all verdi was writing for, really

[eurydike]

this aria is beautiful. and i like how he is singing it

[gaytenor]

The greatest varitone on the world's opera stages with a classic lyric baritone voice replete with great beauty and easy top notes. Thank you for the post.

[melomanemorino]

Espectacular aria interpretada por un grande que hermosa es la OPERA con interpretes como Dmitri Hvorostovsky y compositores geniales como Verdi

[ElliePearl]

I loved everything about this. *sighs

[bodiloto]

-5 !!!!!!"................."

[GianoBox]

Maestoso... e che gran voce!

[flaze3]

I do think he forces a bit... probably using tongue compression. Oh well.

[energyglobal]

Whoever has heard him at the MET will agree that he has a relative small but very beautiful voice. He is a master with the microphone and uses the mic more efficient to his benefit than anybody else in opera today.

Listen carefully to the unusual deep breaths starting at 2:18. Especially at 2:58 and 3:10where his breaths are overpowering even the orchestra. He must have the mic very close to him or hidden somewhere which makes his voice sound so big.

[marokt]

I doesn't sound like a mic voice.

[hundswoths]

@energyglobal, Totally agree. He has a beautiful but small voice. The mic does wonderful things.

[1019q]

I've been waiting to hear his King Don Carlo in Ernani.

I'm sure he'll sing it someday, it will be wonderful.

[eurydike]

@1019q he is going to sing in Ernani in 2012 at the MET in a Live in HD transmission:)

[albertinaxx]

FANTASTICO, bravoooooooo

[vickersman]

D.H...wonderful, although some don't like him.I don't hear off pitch notes or vocal forcing.He adds that fluttering (whatever the Italian term is ?), at the end of his arias for colour, and to me it adds so much.He is a major talent and has been for some time, and hopefully far into the future as well.

[verdibariton]

The great baritone

[jdeslauriers]

bull... get new ears. Singers have some say, conductors have the final say. You don't sing it the way they want, then you don't work with them anymore... except if you are a Sutherland, or Pavorotti or Niellsen etc. And, he might have had a bad cold and chose not to take the "A". He's a singer, not a jukebox. He sings an old school style. I didn't hear him force, just singing in an old Italian style. We don't hear a lot of this anymore... unfortunately.

[sevcik2]

This is a glorious performance, charged with emotion and vocal beauty!!

Thanks for posting this lovely video!

[jacquesurlus]

Absolument splendide, assurément le plus grand bariton depuis bastianini. Technique

parfaite, voix superbe. THE BEST....

[WoDeGe]

One of the few real Verdi singers on the stage today... great post. regards,

[hymnforlorca]

Bravo, bravo, bravo.

[BeautySavesWorld]

Love him, he is great!