Wiener Staatsoper Live: Arias of Bellini, Rossini, Tchaikovsky & Verdi

Featuring

Plácido Domingo
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Ruben Broitman
Simone Young
Michael Schade
Seiji Ozawa

Vjekoslav Šutej
Violeta Urmana
Miriam Gauci
Michael Güttler
Patrizia Ciofi
Donna Ellen
Ramón Vargas
Kirill Petrenko
Olga Guryakova
Marco Armiliato
Barbara Frittoli
Francesco Meli
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Sorin Coliban
Adam Plachetka
Speranza Scappucci
Marina Rebeka
Jesús López Cobos
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Vincenzo Bellini
Gioachino Rossini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Giuseppe Verdi

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Performer Biography

Dmitri Hvorostovsky performed 73 evenings at the Vienna State Opera between his debut in 1994 and his last appearance in 2016, singing in ten operas and giving a solo concert.

Recording & Production

This album is part of the "Wiener Staatsoper Live" CD series, which publishes live recordings made by Austrian Radio at the Vienna State Opera.

Performer Biography

Dmitri Hvorostovsky was known by various nicknames, including 'Velvet voice from Siberia', 'the gentle Siberian tiger', and the 'Russian stimulant'.

Recording & Production

The recordings on this album span a period from 1994 to 2016, making memorable performances since the 1955 reopening of the Vienna State Opera accessible to a wider audience.

Performer Biography

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the baritone featured on this album, was born in Krasnoyarsk in 1962 and won the prestigious Singer of the World prize in Cardiff in 1989.

Performer Biography

Dmitri Hvorostovsky's repertoire at the Vienna State Opera included major Verdi roles, two key Russian works, a Rossini, and a Bellini, but notably excluded Mozart.

Performer Biography

Dmitri Hvorostovsky's debut at the Vienna State Opera on May 2, 1994, was in Bellini's I Puritani, which was also the premiere of a new production and the first performance of this opera at the house.