Hvorostovsky - Hérode's aria from Hérodiade (Massenet)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Hérode's aria from Hérodiade by Jules Massenet at a concert with Renée Fleming in Moscow, 2006
HÉRODE
(ŕ lui-męme, trouble et radieux)
Ce breuvage pourrait me donner un tel ręve!
Je pourrais la revoir...
Comtempler sa beauté!
Divine volupté ŕ mes regards promise!
Espérance trop brčve
Qui viens bercer mon coeur et troubler ma raison...
Ah! ne t'enfuis pas douce illusion!
(avec le plus grand charme et trčs soutenu)
Vision fugitive et toujours poursuivie
Ange mystérieux qui prend toute ma vie...
Ah! c'est toi! que je veux voir
Ô mon amour! ô mon espoir!
Vision fugitive! c'est toi!
Qui prends toute ma vie!
Te presser dans mes bras!
Sentir battre ton coeur
D'une amoureuse ardeur!
Puis mourir enlacés...dans une męme ivresse
Dans une męme ivresse...
Pour ces transports...pour cette flamme.
Ah! sans remords et sans plainte
Je donnerais mon âme
Pour toi mon amour! mon espoir!
Vision fugitive! c'est toi!
Qui prends toute ma vie!
Oui! c'est toi! mon amour!
Toi, mon seul amour! mon espoir!

[@kathleenschallock361]

I am hopelessly in love with this man with his bazillion dollar voice, his exquisite acting abilities, his beauty in every sense!!!

[@kathleenschallock361]

Every time I come back to listening to DMITRI, it’s a glorious homecoming for me, like I have been away for years to come back to his gorgeous, glorious sound, how COULD I have been away from his singing for more than a second?!!!

[@eleftheriadias5119]

Μια φορά και έναν καιρό,υπήρχαν βασιλόπουλα του παραμυθιού❤🇷🇺🇬🇷

[@eleftheriadias5119]

Τι ωραίος με αυτό το τρελό κούρεμα !😢

[@lucianogualtieri6721]

Un grande cantante!

[@ВалентинаТаротынова]

Бархатный голос,красота , чистота , пение ьез изьяна! Только так мог петь , Дмитрий , Александрович!!!

[@paolomorelli3804]

Grandissimo cantante e splendido interprete!

[@AindriasHirt]

I just saw this again. Wow. Pronunciation is off, but who cares. Wow. What an incredible performance. Stunning. Incredible. Fantastic. What a loss to the world was his untimely.passing...

[@ИринаИрина-ш5ы7р]

Какая красивая постановка(произношение) французское!!!Для любого оперного певца это важно.

[@ИринаИрина-ш5ы7р]

Massenet's music is indeed nice and brilliant!!!

[@Nightmarigny]

Bravo.

[@seijahoo373]

Певец мира. Великий артист с золотым голосам. Его любят все...

[@HelloHdd-fl1mi]

Диму любя. все!!!

[@ТатьянаСтрокова-у5ч]

Божественный Дмитрий !!!!!!! Ты послан Всевышним для совершенствования каждого из нас, для Счастья, Радости и Любви !!!!!

[@kgarmaker123]

He is fabulous, baritone, my favorite of all of them, and man is he good looking too.

[@operalove1000]

que barítono maravilloso!

[@Taehan_Kim_1]

Bravo

[@micky9321]

je l'adore !!

[@claudinevoirain5945]

brilliant

[@BobWScott]

I am reminded that for those of us who sing and try valiantly for diction that Joan Sutherland was star and sang mush. But what a voice. Yeah, the French is a bit strange sometimes. But he could be singing about taking the dog to the vet and I wouldn't care. One of his best. This aria is about a guy lusting after his wife's daughter. He'd get hot enough to blow the words if he was fluent. As to the person who thought he didn't like the ending? The ending was fine.

[@paulettetomson7291]

Je suis francophone, et je peux affirmer que le français est une langue très complexe...c'est vrai que sa prononciation n'est pas parfaite, mais ce n'est pas l'essentiel !

[@Vaelsung1]

Critics are to art what pigeons are to statues.

[@Montero167]

¿Cuando le podremos ver en Madrid?

[@BrianDonaldMcKay]

His pronunciation is by no means perfect but adequate to the task. What I miss is the conviction that would have come if he knew exactly what he is singing about. Or maybe he is just not an actor. Look at the eyes. But, then, what a voice!

[@p.g.mvandenboorn1506]

Jawel, hij is een geweldige acteur. Kijk naar overige werk en je raakt helemaal geobsedeerd door Dmitri. Een uitblinker in werkelijk alles! Hij werkt als een magneet ❣️👌🏼

[@kathleenschallock361]

I beg to differ, his acting brings me to tears, try his Eugene Onegin and see if you can remain dry eyed!!!

[@AndyHirt]

OK, yes, the pronunciation was off a bit. At least he generally knew what he was saying. Unlike the orchestra. So here's a guy talking about how he would give up his soul to see the vision of this woman he so keenly lusts for and the orchestra looks and sounds like they're on their way to make coffee in the wee hours of the morning. Using a clarinet instead of a saxophone set the stage for an uninspired, thoughtless, and drab accompaniment. Massenet basically orchestrated an orgasm - hence the saxophone. The orchestra thought they were accompanying someone taking out the trash. Hvorostovsky should record this now if his health would allow. Oh damn. I just checked and he passed away. What a terrible loss. Oh no.

[@eurylokos]

His poor diction and his disrespect of Massenet's score, especially nuances and delicacy of details, plus the fact that the orchestra is completely out of the topic, cannot be forgiven by the sheer beauty and strength of the voice, and even in this matter, there are things I could say. Don't be mistaken, I don't wan't to disrespect a dead artist. I truely admire Hvorstovsky, he is a great one. But he had the means to do so much better. I deeply regret he did not work that piece more seriously and with a better conductor.

[@songsofscarlet]

he most def made up a couple of words...

[@williamborovina]

Amazing voice and presentation, terrible french.

[@Taehan_Kim_1]

Bravo

[@bar_namchanmin]

Bravo