volcanohunter Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Dmitri Hvorostovsky has lost his battle with brain cancer. Requiescat in pace. Link to comment
Mashinka Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Devastated. Jose Carreras survived that horrible disease and I was full of hope Hvorostovsky would too. A sad day. Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Like someone said...I'm willing to bet that he's enchanting the angels. RIP noble servant of beauty. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 He was one of the few male singers I loved listening to, and I saw him many times once together with Olga Borodina in concert. Backstage at that concert Borodina would not come out and greet fans, and someone alerted the impresaria that Borodina would not come out, and Hvorostovsky was standing there with her and I was next to him, and he had an honest reaction of shock blurting out, "Well, that's not right!" Borodina was apparently upset with her performance that night (although she sounded as gorgeous as usual to my ears). To me his reaction showed that he cared about fans and felt it was part of their duty to meet the ones who were ardent fans. Anyway, I loved the singer.....so few good singers around anymore, and we lose a good one! It is a rarity for me to even attend opera anymore, because I don't like what I hear. I made the effort to see Stemme in Tristan und Isolde last Fall b/c her Brunnhilde in San Francisco in 2011 was absolutely amazing. But so few singers are exciting to me now. Sad to lose one so young. 55 is young for humans and baritones can often sing into old age. I guess 55 is usually when a soprano is starting to wind down her career or drop the most difficult roles out of her repertoire, but Hvorostovsky probably could have sung for years if he had not fallen ill. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 What sad, sad news. Hvorostovsky was one of the greatest singers I've ever heard live. A performance I cherish was hearing him sing Prince Yeletsky in "Queen of Spades" at the Met in 2004. May he rest in peace. Link to comment
abatt Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 His Onegin was spine chilling. Thank goodness it is preserved on DVD. A tragic loss of a great talent who died far too young. Link to comment
canbelto Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 In 2015 I saw him in one of his three Il Trovatore performances at the Met. During the curtain calls the orchestra members threw flowers at him and Anna Netrebko wept openly. It was a wonderful moment but when I saw how the other singers were crying I knew that the diagnosis had to be very serious. I wasn't wrong. Link to comment
Drew Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Very sad news. May he rest in peace... Link to comment
Helene Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 There are a lot of tributes on the internet; I'm sure there are hundreds more from opera people across the world. I'm considering this Friday's performance of the Verdi Requiem at the Met as dedicated to him. Michael Fabiano dedicates tonight's "Manon" at San Francisco Opera to him. From Vittorio Grigolo: Link to comment
dirac Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I, too, was hoping for a miracle. Didn't happen. This is just a crushing, crushing loss. Quote I'm willing to bet that he's enchanting the angels. The angels are nudging each other and asking where he got that breath control. Thank you for posting the news, volcanohunter. Link to comment
canbelto Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I've uploaded a concert of Hvorostovsky and Jonas Kaufmann on my YT channel: Link to comment
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