Hvorostovsky Divinely Human ; Baritone at Kennedy Center
The Washington Times › January 23, 2006
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The Kennedy Center's Concert Hall was packed Wednesday evening with an enthusiastic audience eager to encounter a decidedly nonstandard program of obscure Russian opera arias and tragic Russian popular songs from World War II. Of course, it didn't hurt that the program was being presented by the most famous Siberian baritone ever, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who is seriously challenging American bass-baritone Samuel Ramey as opera's reigning hunk.
Animal magnetism aside, Mr. Hvorostovsky came to sing accompanied by the generally competent Philharmonia of Russia under the baton of its music director, Constantine Orbelian. Also backing him were Washington's Cathedral Choral Society and members of the Russian folk-music ensemble Style of Five.See the full content of this document
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Hvorostovsky Divinely Human ; Baritone at Kennedy Center
The first half of Mr. Hvorostovsky's program consisted of a mix of rarely heard Russian opera arias interspersed with purely orchestral and choral selections. The first of these d...
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