Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Biography
Hvorostovsky's defeat of Bryn Terfel in the Cardiff Singer of the World 1989 competition may have brought the Siberian-born Hvorostovsky to the attention of the western world, but his formal musical training began when he was seven years old, studying piano at music school in his home city of Krasnoyarsk.
From there he moved on to the Karsnoyarsk school of arts where he studied under Jekatherina Yofel. On graduation he became a soloist with the Kranoyarsk Opera, winning prizes at the Glinka National Competition in the former Soviet Union in 1987 and the Toulouse Singing Competition in 1988. In 1989 he pulled off his shock victory in Cardiff and hasn't looked back since.
Music
Dmitri is now one of the most sought-after singers in the world and frequently performs at all the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Bavarian State Opera, Munich; the Berlin State Opera; the Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Vienna State Opera; the Metropolitan Opera, New York; and the St Petersburg Opera.
He has also given recitals in Seoul, Oslo, Istanbul, Jerusalem, South America, Australia and the Far East, working with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. He recently toured Russia with a programme of war songs, performing for veterans of the Second World War, which was televised to an audience of over 100 million.
His most notable roles include Onegin in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Figaro in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Posa in Verdi's Don Carlo and Francesco in I Masnadieri.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky has released numerous recordings for both Philips Classics and Delos Records, including opera recordings of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Verdi's La Traviata with Kiri Te Kanawa, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride and Verdi's Don Carlo.
Discography
2007 - Heroes and Villains
2006 - Dmitry Hvorostovsky - Portrait
Hvorostovsky Sings Sviridov
2005 - Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin; Orchestre de Paris (Bychkov)
Moscow Nights
Hvorostovsky Sings Verdi Arias
I Met You, My Love
Tchaikovsky - Queen of Spades - Great Scenes
2003 - Where Are You, My Brothers?
2002 - Russian Sacred Choral Music
2001 - Passione di Napoli (Dmitri Hvorostovsky Sings Neapolitan Songs)
From Russia With Love; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Verdi - La traviata
1999 - Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride
Tchaikovsky - Iolanta
Kalinka - Russian Folksongs
1998 - Arias & Duets; Olga Borodina, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Hvorostovsky Sings Ancient Airs (Arie Antiche)
1997 - Verdi: Don Carlo
Credo
Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Favourite Opera Arias and Folk Songs
1996 - Russia Cast Adrift - Songs by Sviridov & Rachmaninov
1995 - My Restless Soul
1994 - Songs of Love and Desire
Songs and Dances of Death
1992 - Dark Eyes (Ochi Chornyje) - Russian Folksongs
1990 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Tchaikovsky & Verdi Arias
