Watch Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Barbara Frittoli in Simon Boccanegra this Thursday in a re-broadcast from their July 4th Wiener Staatsoper performance! Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov, Stefano Secco, Marco Caria, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Two-CD Pack Full Libretto Included Buy Now! Our first-ever full-length Italian opera recording, Delos’s star-studded…
The January issue of Opera News is on news stands now, and in it the staff lists their Best of 2015 lists and our new Simon Boccanegra is named the #1 recording in their “Best in Opera” list! “Orbelian leads a stellar cast of Verdian interpreters in a new recording…that captures the intimacy and grandeur…
American Record Guide declares our Simon Boccanegra recording “a stunning achievement”! “[Dmitri Hvorostovsky] is unquestionably magnificent and helps make this recording—Delos’s first venture into recording a full opera—a stunning achievement. The entire cast is everything you could want in this opera. Fritolli’s …lustrous and sensitive portrayal of the vulnerable Maria/Amelia is exquisite. Abdrakazov is a…
“Following a positive round of ongoing treatments, Dmitri Hvorostovsky looks forward to returning to the stage this month for three performances of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera. Dmitri opens the production run on September 25, with encore performances on September 29 and October 3.” —hvorstovsky.com Good to be back with friends! @metopera @AnnaNetrebko…
MusicWeb International‘s Göran Forsling adds to Robert Farr’s Simon Boccanegra review with high praise for Dmitri Hvorostovsky: “The present recording, set down less than two years ago, boasts today’s foremost Verdi baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, in the title role. …he has retained that initial beauty of tone and the ease of delivery. His top notes still…
David Patrick Stearns reviews Verdi: Simon Boccanegra in the August issue of Gramophone Magazine: “Ever since Dmitri Hvorostovsky began stepping carefully into the heavier Verdi baritone repertoire, his presence and temperament would seem to point towards Simon Boccanegra. … Hvorostovsky’s famous breath control is hugely welcome in Verdi’s expansive vocal lines…always the best part of…
Five Star Reviews are coming in for Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s new Simon Boccanegra recording on Amazon.com: “This recording is the BEST Boccanegra of them all. I have been following Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s career for many years now and have heard him sing this role in San Francisco, New York, Vienna and Paris. The cast chosen for this…
The July Opera News issue is out and our new Simon Boccanegra recording is an Editor’s Choice! “Constantine Orbelian leads Dmitri Hvorostovsky and a stellar cast…of Verdian interpreters in a new recording for Delos that captures the intimacy and grandeur of this difficult opera with superior sound. Reveling in the opera’s somber colors, Orbelian brings…
New MusicWeb International review for our new Simon Boccanegra recording: “This paucity of studio opera recordings had a big impact on the careers of many singers who, unlike predecessors, were deprived of the opportunity to lay down their interpretations for posterity. This applies, more than most to Dmitri Hvorostovsky who takes the eponymous role in…
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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov, Stefano Secco, Marco Caria, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Two-CD Pack Full Libretto Included Our first-ever full-length Italian opera recording, Delos’s star-studded current release of Giuseppi Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra promises to make quite a splash among today’s opera fans. As Verdi was entering his glorious…
Two exciting new releases coming tomorrow from Delos! Simon Boccanegra Amazon iTunes Dinara Alieva in Moscow Amazon ArkivMusic
Here’s a #ThrowbackThursday review of Barbara Fritolli and Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s performance of Simon Boccanegra at The Met. We’d bet some of the same things can be said about their performances on our new recording coming out next week! Dmitri Hvorostovsky “Mr. Hvorostovsky sang with dusky, melting beauty and shaped Verdi’s long, arching phrases, especially at…
Simon is one of the most complex, deepest characters in the whole baritone repertoire. There is a big difference in musical style between the first version of the opera and the revised one made nearly 25 years later. You can see the difference by comparing the Prologue and the Council Chamber scene. The music written…
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