Dmitri Hvorostovsky - I Puritani - Ah! per sempre

Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings an aria from Bellini's I Puritani.

Moscow, 1991.

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• baritone
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[Webarton]

what is the name of this aria?

[Gabba02]

Or dove fuggo io mai...Ah! per sempre io ti perdei

[bandidocat]

Hello out there! This is a 29-year old baritone singing with the vocal authority, musicality and feeling of someone twice his age! I encourage all the nay-sayers of You Tube who try to turn every hearing of every blessed aria into a contest the likes of "America Got Talent" to exercise better judgment. Stracciari, de Luca, Tagliabue are dead (RIP) Hvorostovsky is very much alive. Try connecting with Opera NOW as a living, breathing art!

[goku12380]

All this criticism aimed at an opera singer of international stature,coming from a bunch of internet dweebs!!! just relax and enjoy. no wonder you haters arent where he is......

[MyOperaTrips]

bravissimo giovanissimo :-)

[OperaMystery80]

His singing is so great, but I can't stop drooling...he was so good looking in 1991! I would have been all over him after the recital LOL

[magicmonkichi]

wow amazing~ Not sure about the dark hair (hehe) but a young Hvorostovsky, yumm~

[DiBasso11]

@bandidocat AMEN! Its harder than it looks engage in this art form!

[VivaMariaCallas]

I'm not particularly thrilled with his cadenza, but the rest of the performance is just gorgeous. They way he caresses the text and feels the rubato show his deep feeling and musicality. Not to mention the richness of the voice....

[Vanchy58]

This is my favorite Bellini's aria for the baritone voice. It has such charm and etereal delight that is almost hard not to be touch in our hart by its beauty. Bellini was the real romantic bel canto composer ever existed. Bravo !

[Almagestobscure]

so much critics.. even bad ones, prove only the big interest for his singing.

[noammor]

Was he born with gray hair?

[principecalaf]

lo stesso leo nucci incanta in quest'aria.. non c'e' nulla da fare.. il belcanto e' italiano!

[chengducat]

It is always a joy seeing him at work

[tiernan87]

@davidplayfair I would disagree. Though I (being a trained actor first and foremost!) would agree that acting often suffers, there are many great singers who are also consummate actors. Renee Fleming is quite good. Joyce DiDonato andJonas Kaufmann usually are decent. Also, for perhaps the greatest, I saw Elina Garanca sing Carmen and she was FANTASTIC. Wonderful bold choices, motions FULL of motivation, and wonderful tactics to achieve clear, visible objectives. A great mark of a good actor.

[Nemorino11]

Concordo, ma non è questione di modo, secondo me, quest'aria non è adatta a lui. A sua difesa, cmq, De Luca e Tagliabue erano della "vecchia scuola", cioè cantavano in "falsettone" (certo sono stati grandi cantanti).

[jsmdiaz]

Carlo Tagliabue e stato uno dei più grande. Era il maestro del mio maestro Carlo Meliciani. Un altro che cantaba benissimo. Saluti de la Spagna.

[VorozhkoAndrew]

My free online music library is the place to find this aria (and many others) sheet music in pdf-format. See link in my youtube profile.

[Leporello001]

Some people are ridiculous, you even wonder if when they comment they know what they saying, the man is good and has faults like everyone who is human, Come on people, if you are such a Critisizer why dont you send you Video so that we listen how Great you are??

[massimissimo69]

Ci sono altri modi di cantare questo repertorio, a mio avviso molto più seducenti, vedi le esecuzioni di Giuseppe De Luca o Carlo Tagliabue.

[Johnabraytis]

You state that you do not see "emotional truth" in this performance. But I do. I like it.

[oscarnotwild]

Have you been to the opera house lately? NO one can act? Are you kidding? Or you like Norma Desmond kind of acting?

BTW, this clip is really old. DH does not sing Puritani any more.

[davidplayfair]

Yeah, he's has an amazing voice and technique and style. And he's gorgeous and musical. But, do you believe he has just said goodbye to the love of his life? I see no emotional truth, and it's what I hate about opera these days: no one can act.

[nanbil]

Belcore, I 100% agree with you. This is an important voice, one that will be remembered for many many years to come.

[AulicExclusiva]

He gets a little rough when he pushes the tone beyond its natural compass; still in sense of shape and understanding of the style he is LIGHT YEARS ahead of most people who have sung this piece since the days of Battistini and De Luca.

And he IS HOT!

[ah332]

there were always great eastern european singers

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

He sounds like he has azma when he breaths in its like he has trouble breathing in.

[hpabreu]

If I didn't like a particular rendition of a an aria, I wouldn't even bother to write about it; I simply would move to the ones I liked. There are so many to choose from... I for one enjoyed this one :-)