Hvorostovsky in 1990 - Prologue from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)

Moscow 1990
Mikhail Arkadiev - piano
Si può? Si può
Signore! Signori!
Seusatemi se da sol mi presento
Io sono il Prologo :
Poichè in iscena ancor
Le antiche maschere mette l'autore;
In parte ei vuol riprendere le vecchie usanze,
E a voi di nuovo inviami.
Ma non per dirvi come pria :
"Le lacrime che noi versiam son false!
Degli spasimi e de' nostri martir
Non allarmatevi!"
No! No. L'autore ha cercato invece
Pingeryi a non squarcio di vita.
Egli ha per massima sol che l'artista è um uom
E che per gli uomini scrivere ei deve.
Ed al vero ispiravasi.
Un nido di memorrie
In fondo a l'anima cantava un giorno,
Ed ei con vere lacrime scrisse,
E I singhiozzi il tempo gli battevano!
Dunque, vedrete amar
Sì come s'amano gli esseri umani;
Vedrete de l'odio i tristi frutti.
Del dolor gli spasimi,
Urli di rabbia, udrete,
E risa einiche!
E voi, piuttosto che
Le nostre povere gabbane d'istroni,
Le nostr'anima considerate,
Poichè siam uomini di carne e d'ossa,
E che di quest'orfano mondo
Al pari di voi spiriamo l'aere!
Il concetto vi dissi...
Or ascoltate com'egli è svolto.
Andiam. Incominciate!
I may? So please you!
My Ladies and Gentlemen!
And pardon me, if alone I present me:
I am the Prologue!
Once again the author brings the classic mask
Before you; so partly to revive for you
The antique usage, he bids me once more
Address you! But not to tell you, as of old,
"The tears we shall shed for you here are false ones!
And the sighs we heave, and our martyrdom here,
Must not be ta'en to heart!" No! Your author intends
Far rather to draw you a bit of life
True to nature! 'Tis his conviction, the artist
Is first a man, and that for men
What he writes should be written.
And the truth he has given to you!
A throng of recollections within his inmost soul
One day was stirring, and these with sincerest tears
Has he written, while his sobbing and sighing
Beat the time for him.
So, then, you'll see love shown
As human beings do love each other; you'll see, too,
Of hatred the direful ending, witness woes
Sharp agony! Howlings of rage will reach you,
And scornful laughter! And you must consider,
Not so much our poor flimsy costumery of actors,
Rather let our hearts speak to you for us.
Aya! for were men, as well, of flesh and of blood, too,
And like you yourselves we are breathing the air of this world
Forlorn and lonely!
Now Ive given you the notion! Watch you the plot
Unfolding before you.
Come on! Let us begin, then!

[@rightsaidart1938]

He is the greatest opera singer in his time. It is such a shame that many overrated sopranos and tenors got more attention that they deserved.

[@ΣμαραγδαΒελλοπουλου]

Right said

[@gikasmith5511]

This is an amazingly brillian rendition! I also like "early Dmitri" more - the voice is like shining, supple and resonant!

[@marcalmalu]

Dimitri is great from the begining to the end of his life! Glorious! Great! The best forever!

[@redpeg97]

One of the most beautiful voices I ever heard.

[@AwkwardAuction]

Long live the silver fox Hvorostovsky! He had a voice like no other.

[@philbertchow5425]

He dead

[@ЛюдмилаКолодченко-ч2ю]

Сколько же много в него бог вложил генеальности,какое проникновение, мощьолубина погружения.ВЕликое счастье жить в одно время с гением-в нем все

[@olgacopello6218]

Tenía solo 27 años y ya era un genio. Que triste Dima que te fuiste tan pronto. Amor eterno

[@ИринаИванова-щ9д3т]

Слушаю любимого Д. Хворостовского каждый день и не могу на слушаться и наглядеться

[@massimopieri9531]

Una interpretazione grande al pari della bella voce. Grazie.

[@ВолодимирШтихалюк]

Голос Д. Хворостовського це цінність планети і зразок високої вокальної культури.

[@ЕленаЕсина-й2ш]

My endless love💔❤️

[@zloygepard5696]

Великолепно! Светлая память артисту....

[@juliettechristian3132]

Quelle belle voix!

[@zeljkolucic4849]

Please,stop arguing about Dima! He died three days ago! RIP my dear friend.

[@bharp4390]

@Erick Alijah fuck off bots

[@lamsalgado]

Absolutely beautiful, wonderful! THx frufruJ ! YF Luiz

[@chipncharge94]

What an amazing concert...

[@tyfranklin1]

I had the great fortune to see Robert Merrill and Sheryl Milnes in concert. Dmitri is awesome.

[@numetutelare]

Merril era della vecchia scuola , grandissimo verdiano .... Altro pianeta di fronte agli altri due, bravi, preparati ma senza la struttura baritonale necessaria per Verdi... Vedi Warren, Tagliabue, Campolonghi e ovviamente Bastianini e Cappuccilli. Credo di averne dimenticato qualcuno ma era come indicazione.. Questo era l' olimpo dei baritoni della seconda metà del secolo scorso... Sulla prima siamo addirittura nel mito specie per alcuni nomi che molti neppure conoscono più... Peccato!!!

[@golden-63]

Two of the most gorgeous baritone sounds ever!

[@makugo7]

LOVE HIM!!! Rip! Him and Juan pons Alvarez ooooo goals

[@56Yeya]

Excellent!

[@alodiadominguez5788]

Maravilloso, increíble, que expresión.

[@RozaliaNagy-y2e]

Fiatalon is nagyon tehetséges volt gyönyörű hang 🌹🌹🌹✨️😢

[@learntocrochet1]

Just found this. Thank you FrufruJ for posting the original lyrics and a translation to english.

[@brmu5068]

el es muy bueno...... muchos gracias

[@vins555]

amazing!!!

[@germanquintero10121946]

EXQUISITO

[@НатальяТодорова-ц6ъ]

что вам написать??как в 89 я подарила мужу дочь, а дима подарил миру свой изумительный голос!и вот его нет!а я есть,мне тоже обещали смерть,если откажусь от операции,на сердце.несправедливо!он был нужнее!!!!

[@АндрейЩербаков-т6к]

Живите, пока вам не будет сто лет, и, может, последний голос, который вы услышите, будет голос Дмитрия Хворостовского..

[@sole8876]

Наталья Тодорова Все мы нужны кому-то. Спросите ваших близких кто им нужнее...

[@erwinmiszker6824]

Świetny baryton......b.dobre wykonanie.....

[@irenbathori8221]

Sokszor elgondolkodom,hogy a Jó Isten milyen csodákat tud teremteni.

[@golden-63]

*Not a role that's exactly in the Lyric Baritone repertoire, but Dimitri has enough darkness in his sound, a strong enough lower register, and an intelligent approach to singing an aria normally associated with bigger, heavier voices.*

[@po1212Po]

Now his voice is much fuller,deeper, technically equipped with pinpoint frasing and incomparable breathcontrol. Take his artistic growth and superb vocal technique. lyrical is not better than Verdian- just a different genre. Now this is a gorgeous baritone'in top of his form, able to sing as dramatic as lyric roles perfectly( see his new records- for example, arias and duets wiht R.Fleming in S.-Petersburg and Pushkin' romances).

[@petrokhymych6443]

Dmitry Khvorostovsky has huge technical shortcomings, and this, unfortunately, will never be corrected. Records have fixed it forever.

[@Опера-ы9с]

@@petrokhymych6443 ты дурак?

[@petrokhymych6443]

@@Опера-ы9с Кто тут дурак, время покажет. Ждать осталось недолго. Спорить же с экзальтированными фанатами, способными слышать только самих себя, совершенно бессмысленно.

[@WarrioRAbsolutE]

I preferred his earlier years, this here for example is much more into the repertoire. Opera is not only super fortissimo. He surely had a huge voice and he tried to Impress all the time. Younger Hvorostosvky was better. Either way he was one of the greatest ever. R.I.P.

[@ER1CwC]

@@WarrioRAbsolutE He was a huge talent, but his voice was on the small side. The voice was dark but ultimately light, and he progressively tried to make it sound more dramatic like Ettore Bastianini. It worked in recordings, but made him sound muffled live. I heard him a few times sing with Sondra Radvanovsky, and whenever they sang together, he was completely inaudible. I am with you: I prefer his earlier performances (like this one) when he was still singing within himself.

[@eleftheriadias5119]

❤

[@frufruJ]

That mic is for recording, genius. :-)

[@frufruJ]

@Mityatya1994 I'm sorry, I was replying to user qqweerttzuui, who wrote "long live the CCCP", himself being from Spain. And yes, eastern Europe, central Europe and central Asia were occupied by bad people who happened to be leaders of USSR. Is it possible to love a country and hate its politicians?

[@iraberger7141]

Yes

[@Pruticle]

It is truly sad that he chose to continue down the path of poor technical training. The German/Nordic school of training has now robbed him of this former beauty.

[@anderslind6833]

I like more the Swedish-Italian style represented by Erland Hagegård and Jussi Björling

[@chipncharge94]

thats not true, im not a fan of saying better in music, but his voice really was better. its not darker today! it has always been dark! but nowadays he sings with much pressure und doesnt have this brilliance and float anymore.

[@frufruJ]

He's not better younger, you like him better younger. Darker is not worse. Now his voice is much fuller. Compare his newest Tchaikovsky CD to the preceding romances CDs - both as for the voice AND for the interpretation, the newer is much superior. Not counting his artistic growth, you're basically saying that lyrical is better than Verdian. That may be true for you (and that's perfectly fine! Like I prefer baritones to tenors :-) ), but, please, don't generalize.

[@operalover3966]

Tiny ingolata voce

[@mpatrick45]

Time is a cruel mistress... and our boy Dmitri is a stud! But is it better to look good or sing good? My bet is that he would wish this performance to go away--as another comment said "It's not good". He is much better now--better musically. This is breathy and out of tune. His Italian has also improved. Cruel indeed!

[@WCaron23001]

Time is a cruel mistress,,,but Dmitri isn't exactly chopped liver these days,,,,,

[@Andrei_K]

Прекрасно, но для меня лучшее исполнение этой партии это П.Г. Лисициан, к счастью, запись сохранилась

[@cirilo7218]

А как Вам Тито Гобби?

[@Алексей-и5ш2б]

послушал. как то не тянет на лучшее. хворост, конечно, еще хуже.

[@Illariya_pavlovna]

@@Алексей-и5ш2б Х. пафосный и на полтона ниже поет

[@Алексей-и5ш2б]

@@Illariya_pavlovna это не важно, дело в самом качестве пения

[@e.g.8454]

Ernesto Petti kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGSTaaRjqdyrnZY

[@ursmue1937]

Мuslim Magomaev. "Si può, si può?..." Prologue from I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) hat mich stark beeindruckt. Hvorostovsky enttäuschte mich.

[@albertopammolli2007]

Non è il suo ruolo

[@НатальяТодорова-ц6ъ]

я не знаю языки

[@QQWEERTTYUUI]

long live the CCCP!!!!

[@frufruJ]

Yeah, as long as they're killing their own millions and not occupying other countries. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@Mityatya1994]

@frufruJ And do you know, what you're talking about? What countries ware occupied by USSR? Eastern Europe? Nonsense. Please, stop slinging mud at USSR. Make music, not animosity.

[@chipncharge94]

and also he is not really innovativ anymore, where are the musical ideas today?

[@juliocattan2503]

no es para el

[@jeffmuenster9457]

Too long and drawn out...the whole piece is NOT legato. Once it hits the D flat section, that style is more appropriate, and his A flat is spot-on.

[@organboi]

I hope that mic is OFF.

[@golden-63]

It's for recording.

[@watekeman]

Mario del Monaco lo canta mejor

[@olgacopello6218]

Es un tenor. No se puede comparar peras con manzanas.

[@sgnmath1234]

En serio?

[@watekeman]

Obvio que no se puede comparar, aun así un tenor dramático lo canta mejor.

[@e.g.8454]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGSTaaRjqdyrnZY

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@watekemanHe performed it badly. Listen to a real rendition by Paoli Silveri.

[@anthonymorrone7589]

Sad that listeners think this singing is so great. He is mediocre compared to the likes of Bastianini, Macneil, Capuccilli and Warren.

[@peterpark9763]

His G# is impressive tho

[@golden-63]

There's some truth in what you're saying, but you're comparing apples to oranges. The singers you mentioned were all DRAMATIC Baritones. Naturally their voices were larger, more dramatic, more exciting. Dimitri's advantages are a gorgeous sound and incredible style and musicality.

[@operalover3966]

This is not the voice a baritone...

[@golden-63]

What is it?

[@operalover3966]

He is not a real baritone

[@mihailomilosevic5419]

Stfu

[@maximilianbjorklund6544]

What is he then?

[@lucianmarina8691]

No. He is a fabulous baritone

[@golden-63]

What is a "real baritone"?

[@stevendaniel8126]

Dead Russian..........

[@Опера-ы9с]

Fuck you

[@numetutelare]

Mah...senza lode e senza infamia. Il tempo non ha aggiunto molto alla sua tecnica ed ha tolto freschezza al suo canto. Comunque c'è ben di peggio.

[@e.g.8454]

Sicuramente Ernesto Petti è migliore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpXaY4mbidmVpqs

[@piperlapap]

Dmitri Hvorostovsky sems to evolve fastly into a crier and yeller like Pavarotti. He will never reach the sensitive voice of Juan Pons and the overwhelming presentation of Leo Nucci even remotely.

[@michaelhewitt23]

you will never reach...anything. gtfo.

[@pavarotti744]

insanely insular comment.

[@golden-63]

Pavarotti, a "crier and a yeller"? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@felixdeaflores]

It,s not good...

[@facercheto]

Наверное очень классно...только что послушала арию Канио...басков...впечатлило больше.

[@777LittleCherry]

facercheto, значит, Басков - это Ваш уровень. Продолжайте слушать дальше.

[@ВиталийШрайфель]

Очен смешно 🤣🤣🤣🤣