The siberian awesomeness called Dmitri Hvorostovsky is being interviewed for The Wall Street Journal by David Mermelstein.Apart from the Muti thing, Dmitri speaks about his new plans:
Lately, he has been dabbling in pop music of the Andrea Bocelli variety, which is to say amplified, synthesizer-backed sentimental ballads. Such material might enlarge his fan base, but it could also sully a reputation he has spent decades cultivating.
The project, titled "Déjà Vu," starts in earnest in November, when he gives six concerts in Russia and Ukraine, singing material in Italian, French and Russian written especially for him by Igor Krutoy. He is scheduled to perform a similar program at New York's Radio City Music Hall in March. "It will be me with a huge symphony orchestra and choir," Mr. Hvorostovsky said. "There will also be computerized special effects, like Cirque du Soleil."
OMG!Wtf?
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OMG :-S... the accent in French... and he means new stuff like that video that was not long ago on the net... eww... uuufff!! Come ooon, does he really need to do this?
Thankfully i don't have to either see or listen to it... Seems to me like he hasn't understood the Bocelli lesson at all, not everyone with a singing voice is suited for chanson or pop, just as not every singing voice can do opera. Each should stick to what they do best.
I'll be patiently waiting until he returns to an opera house...
I suppose he's decided he needs to sell CDs in order to finance the alimony to his ex-wife.
I think middle-aged men with no background in commercial pop music are not the best judges of what works and what doesn't.
The only thing I will say is that several opera singers have recorded pop albums of dubious merit, and their artistic credentials have survived, so perhaps Dima will be up there with Pláci, Bryn, Kiri etc
I meant to say, also, I have his CD of Soviet Patriotic songs, and have heard him perform a selection in concert, and I do believe that there is artistic credibility there, as there is in many of Bryn's Celtic songs
C'mon, Dima had the profile of a mysterious, sexy, cultivated man, highly aware of his image. I would expect this crap from Alagna, not from him...
oh my god...why? WHY?
it reminds me of the day i read florez's interview about opera being something that should be understood and watched only by a select few people..and the same evening i found him on youtube with katherine jenkings...
hypocricy - and ofcourse avarice - exist in opera too. :(
Glory and money: the smashing duo.
Few can resist them.
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