Dmitri Hvorostovsky Concert at Gran Teatre del Liceu

The impressive Dmitri Hvorostovsky, one of the most highly acclaimed and interesting baritone voices on the worldwide opera scene, is back at the Liceu. Hvorostovsky, who will be accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Liceu Opera Barcelona, is outstanding for his distinctive voice and stage presence.

He made his international reputation by singing Russian music, both operatic and traditional, but soon became one of the leading Verdi baritones, known for his refined, expressive phrasing.
Program

First part

Mikhail Glinka
Ruslan and Liudmila: Overture

Modest Mussorgsky
Khovantxina : “Streltzy's nest is sleeping soundly”

Anton Rubinstein
The Demon: “Na Vosdushnom ocean”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Snow Maiden: Skomorokh's Dance (Orchestra)
Pikovaia dama: “One day at Versailles”
(Pikovaia dama: “O, tak poslushaite... Odnazhdy v Versale”)

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Aleko: “The whole camp sleeps”
(Aleko: “Ves tabor spit”)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Oneguin: Polonaise (Orchestra)

Aleksander Borodin
Prince Igor: “No sleep, no rest…”
(Knyaz Igor: “Ni sna, ni otdykha…” )

Second part

Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell: “Resta immobile”

Georges Bizet
Carmen: “Votre toast”

Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera – Prelude act III (Orchestra)

Don Carlo: "O Carlo ascolta…Io Morro"

Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo (Orchestra)

Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

Symphony Orchestra of the Liceu Opera Barcelona

Mikhail Tatarnikov, conductor