Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Macbeth; Pietà, rispetto, amore (Japan 2005) HD

Perfidi!... Pietà, rispetto, amore
from Act IV, Scene 3 of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto : Francesco Maria Piave

Perfidi! All'Anglo contro me v'unite!
Le potenze presaghe han profetato :
"Esser puoi sanguinario, feroce;
Nessun nato di donna ti nuoce!"
No, non temo di voi,
Nè del fanciullo che vi conduce!
Raffermar sul trono quest'assalto mi debbe,
O sbalzarmi per sempre!
Eppur la vita sento nelle mie fibre inaridita!

Pietà, rispetto, amore,
Conforto a'dì cadenti,
Ah! non spargeran d'un fiore
La tua canuta età.
Nè sul tuo regio sasso
Sperar soavi accent;
Ah! sol la bestemmia, ahi lasso!
La nenia tua sarà.

Traitors! With the English you unite against me!
Yet those who predict the future have prophesied:
"Be bloody, bold and resolute,
For none of woman born shall harm you."
No, I don't fear you
Nor the boy who leads you!
This attack will confirm me on my throne
Or overthrow me forever!
And yet ... within my veins I can feel my lifeblood drying up.

Honor, respect and love,
The comforts of one's declining years,
Will not offer any flowers
For me in my old age.
Nor even at my royal tomb
Might I hope for some kind words.
Only bitter curses, alas!
My requiem shall be.

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[countceprano]

I meant only a couple of hours until reviews are out in the papers there. Figured someone of your intellect could figure that out. And my beliefs have been shaken many times. But not my belief that DH is not a Verdi baritone. I've heard too many of them live to mistake him for one. Cappuccilli, MacNeil, L. Quilico, Nucci, Mannaguerra, Milnes, Carlos Alvarez, Caroli, Zancanaro, etc. Educate your ears and you might hear that DH has a lovely voice, but that doesn't mean it's a Verdi voice.

[frufruJ]

@countceprano So relieved to bring it to a more civilized level. Back in the begining, you said you couldn't hear him, I said that I heard him fine. His colour is very interesting, very dark, to me sounds well in Verdi. Especially in this concert you can't argue about the volume. I say the volume is fine. I'm not the only person who says so. I've read bloggers (who are not paid) surprised by DH's voice's volume in contrast to what they had heard. Milnes is not my fav, I dunno why.. am I idiot?

[countceprano]

"you don't seem to have particularly won this one..."

Coming from you, imagine the impact that has on me!

Just a couple of hours for reviews for you... how nice.

[frufruJ]

@countceprano I see we've resorted to insulting each other. Fine. I don't know what you mean by "a couple of hours of reviews", but I assume that a person who dares to call DH a Verdi baritone cannot win your respect. I hope you keep this attitude throughout your life, so that nothing and no one can shake your stone-firm beliefs. Where would Humanity be if not for people like you? We should burn people with other opinions! No matter how they gained them! Their ears are not reliable! Just ours!!!

[countceprano]

Yep. Almost time for reviews to come out. You better run.

[frufruJ]

@countceprano Considering that it's four in the morning here, I'm not sober, and I'm writing in a foreign language, you don't seem to have particularly won this one... But I'm happy for your ego. It apparently needed some stimulus.

[TommyHaegin]

He sings as usual which is usually beyond his physical ability. Hear this, and now go listen to Renato Bruson in the clip from 1977, or even the one from 1984 and DH is stripped naked.

[tamino20002000]

At all of the opera houses in which I have worked, from all of the talented and succesful colleagues with whom I have worked, never have I heard these sorts of silly ramblings. What does that say about all of you? Leave the casting and singing to the professionals. Just listen to what you like and stop trying to pretend you know anything.

[trevorm74]

i'm surprised the orchestra can even see their music. but this is awesome. he is all that is man

[1947Rollo]

@Salomes7VeilsCredo sia interessante la discussione tra@countceprano@frufruj@salom­es7veils,ma ahimè non capisco l'inglese.Sono stati citati alcuni baritoni,non so se in positivo o negativo,vorrei proporre per un attimo di mettere da parte nomi celebri come Bruson-Cappuccilli-Nucci-Alvar­ez-McNeill--Zancanaro-Milnes-B­astianini-Merril-Tibbet-London ecc.e proporre l'ascolto,nella stessa aria,del bar. veneziano Antonio Salvadori,certo meno famoso,non appartenendo allo star system,e sentire un parere

[1947Rollo]

@countceprano Credo sia interessante la discussione tra@countceprano@frufruj@salom­es7veils,ma ahimè non capisco l'inglese.Sono stati citati dei baritoni,non so se in positivo o negativo,vorrei proporre per un attimo di mettere da parte nomi celebri come Bruson-Cappuccilli-Nucci-Alvar­ez-McNeill--Zancanaro-Milnes-B­astianini-Merril-Tibbet-London ecc.,e proporre l'ascolto,nella stessa aria,del bar. veneziano Antonio Salvadori,certo meno famoso,non appartenendo allo star system,e sentire un parere.

[tmtstudio1983]

@tamino20002000 I agree, I heard him live before but only in recital not with orchestration. To me his voice was big enough to hear very clearly that resonate the whole house. And his legato was SO richly beautiful that you feel like it would keep forever going and you can just listen to that single holding note for the entire concert.

[marcellny]

good grief... another light mezzo singing macbetto. ceprano is right.

[tamino20002000]

If I can hear a voice over the Orchestra without amplification, and the singer has warmth in their tone(ie not forcing a brightness to make their voice cut), and they can sing with a nice sense of line, then they have every right to be singing the rep. I have heard him live singing Verdi and DM has met all of these requirements. All of this silly bickering about whether or not he is a "Verdi baritone" is ridiculous. What is that anyway? Sounds like the ramblings of frustrate singers.

[saiserieht]

I don't think that he is a Verdi baritone either. But he has sung a lot of Verdi without ruining his voice, so ... Also, he is very musical and has a pretty voice. Not the worst you can get.