Dimitri Hvorostovsky Ja vas lyublyu: The Queen of Spades

[MsBattlefield1]

Великолепное исполнение, изумительный голос, гениальный артист. БРАВО!

[Kozzi42]

@Opera777777 DO IT :D

[Kozzi42]

@Trexanh60 Isn't it, though?

[Opera777777]

I"m gonna propose with this song...

[FrauleinSchmuck]

@Opera777777 oh that's such a great choice!))

[lamusic12341234]

Preciosa...



[SoHoPizza143]

Anyone know how old he is in this video?

[ivan96148]

@SoHoPizza143 he was born in 1962. This video is from Kardiff competition -1989. So...

[Trexanh60]

young, handsome & talent it's not fair.

[arpege321]

@Trexanh60 I bet he's got a big cock too.

[MrAndredekock]

I heard him win at Cardiff so many years ago and Bryn Terfell came second to him that year! What magnificent voices they both have and what wonderful careers they have had!

[mizofan]

@MrAndredekock Yes that was a fantastic Cardiff Singer of the World. What if Bryn had been a couple of years older? That would have been an even greater battle.

[MrAndredekock]

@mizofan There is only a year between them. At the competition Hvorostovsky was 27 and Terfel was 26. Both had reached full maturity for baritone voices, or bass-baritone in Terfel's case.

[mizofan]

@MrAndredekock No, Hvorostovsky is 3 years older, Terfel was born in Nov 65, Hvorostovsky in Oct 62.

[MrAndredekock]

@mizofan You are right! I don't know how I saw 63 instead of 65 when I Googled Terfel. At 24 he still did incredibly well at the competition though. But on the day Hvorostovsky was just superb and he OWNED that stage when he walked on oozing confidence yet NEVER arrogant.

[mizofan]

@MrAndredekock Oh yes, Hvorostosvky deserved to win for sure; great presence and voice, and if anything even better in qualifying for the final. I soon bought his Tchaikovsky and Verdi arias album. The feeling was that Bryn was a relatively young contestant and could have done with an extra couple of years. It was for me, thanks mainly to Dimitri but also the promise of Bryn, the most memorable Cardiff competitions. In any event they've both gone on to famous careers

[MrAndredekock]

@mizofan Yeah I bought that Verdi/Tchaikovsky album as well and then most of his subsequent CDs and DVDs as well. I have an on-going argument with someone here on YT who resolutely proclaims that Hvorostovsky is NOT a Verdi baritone and I have now decided to give this person the "victory" they obviously need in their lives and have stopped the argument. However I have to say that I really enjoy watching this NON Verdi baritone singing EXTREMELY well in all major opera houses world wide.

[okthendan]

WOW. I have always loved this aria and to me it's every bit as wondeful as Lensky's aria in Onegin. Beautiful rendition from Hvorostovsky whom I've never seen as young as this.Thank you for posting it. I will be listening to it regularly. Sounds like a statement of the obvious but it's just so Russian. That incredible yearning that permeates the best Russian operas. To die for...cb

[Wally773MTG]

.....my....god.....

[jurdo33]

BRAVO!!!

[eurydike]

but here he looks veeery handsome

[PapaLuba]

i love russian voices since i was born ...you have a very nice voice ans strong . Keep on singing all life young ...voices are like wine ...:-)

[adelajdasing]

Who is better than him?

[bodiloto]

no iasna viju chuvstvuiu teper ia , kuda sebia v mechtah zavliok,

i plachu gorkaiu sliezoi...

[kitneen]

This is a terrific treat. This Tchaikovsky aria is one of my favorites and a very young Dmitri demonstrates his lyric baritone abilities. His voice darkens a bit with time, I think, but he still can carry off lyric roles as well as bass baritone ones. thanks for posting this.

[micky9321]

super !!!

[SuzyBriseno]

So GORGEOUS... him and his voice!!

[sillychad18]

i love his voice. and he is such a facking hunk. omg

[BytomGirl]

Dimitri is wonderful...incredible voice and such fantastic pronaunciation. Every word is so easy to understand while in opera arias it's often so difficult. He is so young here and so mature in his interpretation and expression. I love poetry of Pushkin....and this is such beautiful but sad poem of love.....

[sopranosd]

This is just luscious beyond belief. I don't know whether his latter day so-called 'hootiness' and covered sound are the result of age, oversinging, bad choices, loud orchestras, etc. but I do regret that we hear less of this youthful gorgeousness in his voice now. But I'm being picky -- he's still a gorgeous singer. He rocked Trovatore at the Met last year. (Sondra Rodvanofsky (spelling?) stole the show, however.)

[flowforms]

meanwhile Dimitri sings on and sounds good enough for me to enjoy it

[HOITSU55]

Wear

[wolf1750]

Beautiful! Wolf

[billyguns2]

What a tragedy that this gorgeous singer decided to go into repertoire that is too heavy for him, resulting in forced, hooty tone that robs it of all beauty and freedom, Many famous singers make this tragic decision: Scotto, Pavarotti, CAaerras, and many others.

[tiernan87]

@billyguns2 Oh please. Get over yourself. I heard him last year, and there wasn't any hint of "forced, hooty tone".

[billyguns2]

Ah, you heard him ONCE last year; in what repertoire? I heard him sing many heavier roles many times, such as Renato in Verdi's BALLO and the result was forced, colorless, and hooty in many passages. I am a vocal expert, and I am an humble servant of my art; I KNOW whereof I speak and only make comments to porvoke THINKING and EDUCATION. YOU need to stop lecturing people on how to behave if it doesn't confirm to your taste. Or are you just an undiscerning idolator?

[HansHottest]

@billyguns2 you may be a vocal expert, but you THINK that Dmitri is NOT???? I heard him in Trovatore last year and he is amazing. Maybe you should post a video of your expertise so we can compare.

[billyguns2]

I am simply amazed why some arrogant people such as yourself find discerning commentary a personal threat! We are all entitled to our own opinions and I don't give a crap whether you agree with e or not; why do you think a definite, strongly help opinion is a need to 'get over" myself? I certainly would never want to meet you.

[billyguns2]

Listen to Hvorostovsky on YouTube sing Rachmaninoff's IN THE SILENCE OF THE NIGHT at a live concert; the man was a god.

[billyguns2]

Ah, I se you are only 22 years old; you will eventually learn. Get back to me when you're 45 or so.

[tiernan87]

Haha. wow. you call me arrogant? Hopefully when I'm 45 I'll have something better to do than have pointless arguments on youtube.

[billyguns2]

Until then, continue with your pointless arguments; YOU'RE the one who started this.

[ximenadore]

WONDERFUL SINGER!!!!

[Sakuratree557]

This is nIce music! I know "Ja lyublyu" means "I love" in Russian, but what does "vas" mean?

[VeraNadaLjubav]

"vas" means "you" (objective of "vi")

All phrase means : "I love you"

[Sakuratree557]

Thanks for telling the meaning!

[Tenortone21]

Hey guys! Thanks for the ratings and comments! Keep them coming!

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

He must of had a teacher that teaches a vowel formation that shows the teeth, because you can see his teeth.

[Lukaccio89]

When he sang this? (he was very young:)

[curricurritribe]

does he have braces in this vid or are my eyes deceiving me?

[JEANHIKER]

WOW! What a voice and interpretation! I loved this piece. He's a very huge voice and sings so beautifully. And he's very beautiful and charming. I wish he was my boyfriend. LOL! He's one of the greatest baritones! BRAVISSIMO! Adoro Dmitri! Ele é simplesmente fantastico, uma presença de palco. Expressivo! Nossa! Que cantor! Parabéns!

[uram23]

@JEANHIKER It is true that he has beautiful charming voice, but his voice is not huge. He just sounds huge from the video...

[JEANHIKER]

@uram23, hey, but why do u say he doesn't have a huge voice? Did you hear him in person? :)

[uram23]

@JEANHIKER Yes. I have heard him in person. He came to perform in the city I live in, and because the audience including me could not hear him during the fisrt half of the concert, he had to use the microphone for the rest of his concert...

[musicfanBRA]

@JEANHIKER - Ele mais velho, de cabelo todo branco, ficou mais lindo ainda... Que homem! Veja o video "Dmitri H. sings Russian songs;'

[SAMARA3365]

@JEANHIKER

Dmitri is a wonderful singer, a great musician, his voice is rich and creamy but it is far from beeing huge. it is even not a big voice as everybody in the business knows. That's why he doesn't sing the big italian repertoire on the most famous stages as he would like himself.

[VanguardAcademy]

@SAMARA3365 But... MISSION of Dmitriy's Singing is much GREATER, than singing " the big italian repertoire on the most famous stages"... Don't you think?? :-) I do.. :-))

( Кстати, при случае.. - передайте привет и мой низкий поклон Самаре (Куйбышеву)!! Именно в этом городе решилась вся моя дальнейшая судьба.. Именно там произошло превращение " Гадкого Утёнка" в " Гордую Птицу" ( young Rocket Scientist become a young classical Singer )

Спасибо Галине Алексеевне Сорокиной (Масич)!! )

[VanguardAcademy]

@SAMARA3365

Спасибо Куйбышеву(Самаре)! СПАСИБО моей дорогой и горячо любимой Галине Алексеевне Сорокиной (Масич)! Целых 6 долгих лет она терпеливо "возилась" со мной в самодеятельном вокальном кружке-студии при клубе "Победа"! Уговорила прослушаться в консерваторию в 81-м. К моему удивлению, меня сразу приняли (и не на подготовительный, а) на 1-й курс.. А ещё через 6 лет , на "Ярмарке" выпускников,в Свердловске, мне посчастливилось петь в один день с ДМИТРИЕМ! Таким я его и помню!

[wowyourgaiy]

I think it is pathetic that you got "thumbs down" for this comment, because it is completely true. This is the lyric and beautiful voice we all love from Hvorostovsky, instead of the hooted/throaty voice he has developed over the years. This is PURE and gorgeous. Why he decided to darken and hoot I will never know because this voice is pure gold.

[raphaelhudson]

I don't think he meant to, the covered sound probably came with trying to compensate for big orchestras and bad acoustics and singing Verdi.

[SatanOwns]

When is this recording from?

[ximenadore]

OMG!!! WHAT VOICE....

[dobakattila23]

do we know each other bugger?

[liebestod11]

Haha cute.

[dobakattila23]

he sings on his vocal cords-this is the trick of singing-and the resonance just come with it...the most operasingers can not do it-mostly tenors not at all...brilliant-the best technic i have heard for so long from a men

[Webarton]

Ignorance.

[30bzamini]

u try to sing like this dobakattila23. hahaha

[Chiliarches]

This is not spam...why all the thumbs down?

[riccardino23]

Tenortone21, very special thanks to you for this video.

riccardino23-playlist classic and jazz music

[marcomugnatto]

I think some people don't know the difference between a tenor and baritone, then they come here talking shit like "he is singing wrong". He is not singing wrong. It's a real baritone voice believe you or not.

[louvet66]

Merci Rusalka. Mais peux-tu me traduire:" A-a noun" ?

[louvet66]

pffffffffffffffffttttttttttttt­ttttt !!!!!!!!!!

ça décoiffe un chanteur come celui-la. Où est-ce qu'on apprend à chanter comme ça aujourd'hui? au Bolchoï?

[Rusalka1975]

A-a, noun. C'est Krasnoyarsk Culture Institute au Siberia.

[israellee3]

BEAUTIFULL voice! is resonance is espectacular! Hope to sing like him some day

jaja.

[beadlegirl921]

Utter nonsense about his tongue. It is exactly where his voice needs it to be. A splendid Russian voice. Brilliant.

[Latinpapi574]

people need to stop hatin...his resonance is crazy...the man can be 5 feet from the Mic and still fill a large theater

[clnrch]

So what if his tongue is a bit back, that means nothing. Can you feel the muscles in his throat and what they're doing? He has probably the best breath control of most singers and if there is constriction or misalignment in the throat area, the breath will not flow easily. Brilliant singer. Resonating all over the place.

[benboster]

This just goes to show that people will pay money to hear someone sing in their throat. Sad.

[popertop]

how on earth can you say this is in his throat?

[benboster]

The sound is trapped by his tongue. It's a beautiful voice just caught a bit in the throat. Bastianini is a good example of an excellent Baritone getting his voice out into the hall. Not enough singers today sing like the true greats of the past.

[popertop]

oh ok.

I have trouble with loosening my tongue and getting it to lay flat.

[lolegg00]

LOL buddy, his technique is one of the most brilliant of this generation...and here he had about barely 30, maybe 25yrs...

And everyone who knows little more about singing sees that his tongue is actually as free as possible...

[benboster]

Well, sadly that doesn't say a whole lot for our generation of singers. He has a beautiful voice. I don't deny that. There could be so much more done with it though! It's limited because the sound is trapped more in his throat than it needs to be. But, if you can't hear that then I'm wasting my time explaining.

[Babs22h]

its funny old people always say that about the younger generation..."ah if only so and so were still with us now they could sing it blah de blah..." of course forgetting the many times even the ol' greats f-ed up. I am sure old people in Callas time were like "jeez she bites I wish I could hear Lehman." Yes they were great but they are now gone and putting down and comparing current singers to the past is pointless and silly.

[benboster]

It's not about comparison it's about learning the best technique. Just because singers today get paid a lot of money doesn't mean they have the best technique. We've just dumbed down our ears and like to hear power over beauty. We'll have some greats again though.

[lolegg00]

LOL buddy, his technique is one of the most brilliant of this generation...and here he had about barely 30, maybe 25yrs...

And everyone who knows little more about singing sees that his tongue is actually as free as possible...

[nateman703]

I have to completely disagree with you on this count. I flatter myself, I know quite a bit about singing and I can SEE his tongue getting sucked back into his throat on every sustained note, the possible exception to that being the [a] vowels in the middle to upper-middle range. I second the notion that it's a shame his sound gets caught in his throat.

[ancientarias]

I disagree with you completely, Nateman703, and agree with TheAleph74. I've heard him live here in Berkeley, and he filled Zellerbach Hall and even sang over a small orchestra -- with no microphone. (Not that any opera singer should need a microphone anyway). His sound DOES NOT get caught in his throat.

[dmegli40]

I also disagree. When a good singer does that with his or her tongue it doesn't suck the sound back. Take a look at Pavarotti at the end of Nessun Dorma or Bryn Terfel at the climax of Danny Boy, they does the same thing. I tell you from experience that when you use that properly in the higher registers, it serves to direct the sound into the mask more, not stop sound.

[TheAleph74]

I am going to have to disagree with you. First of all, I have seen him live and his voice has an outstanding frontal resonance; it fills halls without any problem. Second, I am pretty sure that what he is doing is touching the soft palad with the back part of his tongue in order to keep the sound and the resonance on the mask. I can't hear (or see) any tension on those muscles. Probably we are just hearing differently.

[sevcik2]

BRAVO!!

[mrtyles]

how long ago was this?

[drdre333]

1989 Cardiff Singer of the World Song Competition

Bryn Terfel won the song competition, while Dmitri won "Cardiff Singer of the World."

[mlucas328]

Can anyone clue me in on the lyrics to this beautiful aria? performed by an equally beautiful young man? Thankyou so much for posting it, I agree fully with contessa670 Thankyou. luvinblume

[Babs22h]

amazing control!

[gahualli]

Things happen for a reason most of the time.

You wonder how Dmitri gained such a success so young... here is the reason!!

Bravo!

[littleflowergirl92]

I have never seen in a video where he is so young!! His voice IS ALOT deeper now. I like it though, beautiful!!

Thanks for commenting on my page Anario22 I appreciate the support :) You should put some videos of you singing, I would love to hear you. Thanks for the video-

[vestilagiubba]

¿Podríamos saber el nombre de este aria? Can we know what's the name of this aria??

[Anario22]

I think...Prince's aria from Pique Dame.

[vestilagiubba]

Yes, you are right. Yeletsky's aria from tchaikovsky's "queen of spades". Thank you very much, now I can sing it this year.

[chad410]

I m in love with his voice.gorgeous

[contessa670]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. What a treat - I've heard him sing this aria recently, and his voice is very different, a lot deeper. This is so beautiful.