This was Maestro Dmitri Hvorostovsky's final hurrah in the recording studio as the iconic hunchbacked jester, Rigoletto. Accompanying him on one of his final journeys were some absolutely astounding superstars

I heard the news of Signore Dmitri Hvorostovsky's passing after a long battle with brain cancer and I want to dedicate this now ancient review to his memory. I know that I also stated at the end of this

This was still a definite pleasure seeing Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt. I first listened to this baritone on CD when I was about nine or ten and he left a pretty good impression