Dmitri Hvorostovsky Returns to the Met for a Limited Run Following Brain Tumor Treatment

Following a positive round of ongoing treatments, Dmitri Hvorostovsky looks forward to returning to the stage this month for three performances of Verdi's Il Trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera. Dmitri opens the production run on September 25, with encore performances on September 29 and October 3.

Dmitri stars opposite Anna Netrebko making her house-role debut as Leonora and Yonghoon Lee as Manrico. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar's Goya-inspired production.

Vitaliy Bilyy will sing di Luna on October 7, 10, and 17, a role he performed at the Met in 2010. The Ukrainian baritone made his Met debut in 2007 as Denisov in Prokofiev's War and Peace and has also sung Shaklovity in Mussorsgky's Khovanshchina with the company. He has sung di Luna at the Bavarian State Opera, Toulouse's Théâtre du Capitol, and the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile.

The fall performances of Il Trovatore are conducted by Marco Armiliato and also star Anna Netrebko as Leonora, Dolora Zajick as Azucena, Yonghoon Lee and Antonello Palombi as Manrico, and Štefan Kocán as Ferrando.