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Nashville is rough on the living, but she really speaks well of the dead, says a country song, and opera is the same way. Recordings by the late Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky have soared on the charts since his untimely death. Along with the superb song album Russia Cast Adrift, this one makes a suitable memorial. Hvorostovsky was never a typical Italian opera baritone, and that was what made his performances of Rigoletto over the years so well loved; they stood apart from the crowd. This version was made in Kaunas, Lithuania (in the Philharmonic Hall -- it is not a live recording), in 2016, after the baritone's diagnosis with brain cancer. Cognoscenti may grouse that at certain junctures Hvorostovsky's voice has less power than formerly (which, at his age, would have been true even without his illness), but the essential qualities that made him a great Rigoletto are on full display here. Where Western baritones sing, Hvorostovsky growls, rasps, and snarls, and the role of the exquisitely bitter jester has rarely come alive as it does here. The rest of the cast is decidedly not as strong; soprano Nadine Sierra can't decide whether Gilda should be a wounded innocent or something more substantial, and her pitches are often less than stable. Yet this is how it should be. With a star of Hvorostovsky's magnitude, the focus should be on the star, and that is where it resides. Clean accompaniment by the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra that effectively stays out of his way is another plus. An essential for Hvorostovsky lovers.
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Rigoletto, Act I (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Eglė Šidlauskaitė, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist, MainArtist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kostas Smoriginas, Artist, MainArtist - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Eglė Šidlauskaitė, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Eglė Šidlauskaitė, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Eglė Šidlauskaitė, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Eglė Šidlauskaitė, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
DISC 2
Rigoletto, Act II (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist, MainArtist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Eglė Šidlauskaitė, Artist - Andrius Apsega, Artist, MainArtist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Kaunas State Choir, Choir - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrius Apsega, Artist - Tomas Pavilionis, Artist - Tadas Girininkas, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kostas Smoriginas, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Liudas Mikalauskas, Artist, MainArtist - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Rigoletto, Act III (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Oksana Volkova, Artist - Nadine Sierra, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Oksana Volkova, Artist, MainArtist - Nadine Sierra, Artist
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Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist, MainArtist - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Oksana Volkova, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Oksana Volkova, Artist, MainArtist - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Francesco Demuro, Artist - Andrea Mastroni, Artist - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist, MainArtist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Artist - Constantine Orbelian, Conductor - Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Nadine Sierra, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Delos (P) 2017 Delos
Album review
Nashville is rough on the living, but she really speaks well of the dead, says a country song, and opera is the same way. Recordings by the late Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky have soared on the charts since his untimely death. Along with the superb song album Russia Cast Adrift, this one makes a suitable memorial. Hvorostovsky was never a typical Italian opera baritone, and that was what made his performances of Rigoletto over the years so well loved; they stood apart from the crowd. This version was made in Kaunas, Lithuania (in the Philharmonic Hall -- it is not a live recording), in 2016, after the baritone's diagnosis with brain cancer. Cognoscenti may grouse that at certain junctures Hvorostovsky's voice has less power than formerly (which, at his age, would have been true even without his illness), but the essential qualities that made him a great Rigoletto are on full display here. Where Western baritones sing, Hvorostovsky growls, rasps, and snarls, and the role of the exquisitely bitter jester has rarely come alive as it does here. The rest of the cast is decidedly not as strong; soprano Nadine Sierra can't decide whether Gilda should be a wounded innocent or something more substantial, and her pitches are often less than stable. Yet this is how it should be. With a star of Hvorostovsky's magnitude, the focus should be on the star, and that is where it resides. Clean accompaniment by the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra that effectively stays out of his way is another plus. An essential for Hvorostovsky lovers.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:06:41
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Label: Delos
- Genre: Classical Opera
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