Dmitri Hvorostovsky; "Caro mio ben"; Giuseppe Giordani

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ================ Dmitri Hvorostovsky--baritone Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner--conductor 1997 ===================== "Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Хворосто́вский, pronounced [xvərɐˈstofskʲɪj]; 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone. Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia during a time when the city was mostly closed to foreigners. An only child, he was raised mostly by his grandmother and a grandfather who, according to Dmitri, was a war veteran suffering from alcoholism.[1] His father, an engineer, and his mother, a gynecologist, both had extremely time-consuming careers and were often only around on the weekends and holidays.[2] Career Hvorostovsky came to international prominence in 1989 when he won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, beating local favourite Bryn Terfel in the final round. His performance included Handel&"Ombra mai fu" and "Per me giunto...O Carlo ascolta" from Verdi&Don Carlos. His operatic debut in the West was at the Nice Opera in Tchaikovsky&The Queen of Spades (1989). In Italy, he made his debut at La Fenice as Eugene Onegin, a success that sealed his reputation, and made his American operatic debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago (1993) in La traviata.[3] In 1992, he made his debut at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden as Riccardo in...