Overview
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Known For
Un Ballo in Maschera - Barcelona
Envy and conspiracy, but also passionate loves, jealousy, revenge and...
The Met — Il Trovatore
Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role...
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
The pain of unrequited love is portrayed unforgettably by two...
Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Russian Songs from the War Years
A magnificent concert event. As the Russian journalist Elena Karakoleva...
Gala from St. Petersburg
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
Elijah Moshinsky’s atmospheric production, designed by Mark Thompson, sets the...
Biography
Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 1989, he won the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Since his acclaimed debut as Jeletzki at the Opera in Nice, has carrer has led and continues to lead him to the most important international stages in the world, like for example the New York Met, ROH Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, the Scala, Moskow, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Salzburger Festspielen, Australia as well as South America. Numerous contemporary composers write works for Dmitri Hvorostovsky. His most important roles include among others Graf Luna (Il trovatore), Posa (Don Carlo), the leading role in Rigoletto, Renato (Un ballo in maschera), the leading role in Simon Boccanegra, Jeletzki and the leading role in Eugen Onegin. He gave his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1994 as Sir Ricardo (I Puritani) and has since also sung Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Posa, Rigoletto, Jeletzki, Jago, Giorgio Germont (La traviata) as well as the leading roles in Eugen Onegin und Simon Boccanegra. http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Hvorostovsky.en.php