Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Heroes and Villains

Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Heroes and Villains

Heroes and Villains is Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s most splendidaria album to date. Now at the peak of his powers, Hvorostovsky draws on his gorgeous baritone to interpret a range of arias from the rarely heard to audience favourites. His collaborator in this versatile programme is American conductor Constantine Orbelian with

Dmitri has dedicated the album to Delos founder and longtime leader Amelia Haygood, who died in March, 2007 after a 12-year battle with cancer.

Prince Igor • Igor’s aria “Ni sna, ni otdikha”

Boris Godunov • Boris’s aria “Dastik ya vyshei vlasti”

Khovanschina • Shaklovity’s aria “Spit streletskoe gnezdo”

The Demon • Demon’s aria “Na Vozdushnom akiane” with Florence Illi-Hvorostovsky, soprano

The Demon • Demon’s aria “Ne plach ditya”

Tannhäuser • Wolfram’s aria “Oh du mein holder Abendstern”

Andrea Chenier • Gérard’s aria “Nemico della patria”

La Forza del Destino • Carlo’s aria “Urna Fatale” with Dmitry Kuznetsov, baritone

Faust • Valentin’s aria “Avant de quitter ces lieux”

Hérodiade • Herod’s aria “Vision fugitive”

Carmen • Escamillo • Toreador Song “Votre toast” with Marnie Breckenridge, soprano • Viktoria Smirnova, soprano• Anastasia Chikaeva, mezzo-soprano

Hamlet • The Drinking Song “Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse” with Andrey Azovsky, tenor • Dmitry Kuznetsov, baritone