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Free Opera Online Met Streams Encore HD

Everything is cancelled. But nature abhors a vacuum, so some musicians, ensembles, and organizations (Yo-Yo Ma, Joyce DiDonato, the Philadelphia Orchestra) have been stepping up to offer free concerts and recitals online.

The latest is The Metropolitan Opera, which will share select encore “Live in HD” presentations for the duration of the house’s closure, streamed at its website, metopera.org. The series will begin tonight with Elīna Garanča as an especially sultry Carmen. But for me the pick of the bunch for this first week is Renée Fleming and the late Dmitri Hvorostovsky in “Eugene Onegin,” which will be made available on Sunday.

The operas stream free from 7:30 in the evening to 3:30 the following afternoon. You’ll find more information and a complete schedule when visiting metopera.org.

March 16, 2020
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Remembered

Beloved operatic baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has died, following a two-and-a-half year battle with brain cancer. His final operatic performance was in December of last year, though he continued to give recitals through at least June. He also made a surprise appearance at the Met’s five-hour 50th anniversary gala in May. At the time of his death, he was 55 years-old.

I saw him only once, at the Met. He wasn’t singing; he passed me getting off of the elevator at a performance of “Rusalka,” starring his friend Renée Fleming. Even in the lobby, his was a striking presence.

There “have been many beautiful voices,” Fleming said, “but none more beautiful than Dmitri’s.”

R.I.P.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/arts/music/dmitri-hvorostovsky-dead.html

Hvorostovsky and Fleming in “Eugene Onegin:”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8mJsowhByo

PHOTO: The couple during happier times, at a Lyric Opera of Chicago subscriber appreciation concert in 2012

November 22, 2017

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