There is no comparison, Dmitri was born to perform Bolkonsky. I'm glad it was written for bariton like it or not. I feel very lucky to see this War and Piece in Tokyo and NY.

Absolutely one of the best singers of all time. Loved him.

Наш Гений, наш Богатырь Сибирский, наш чудный красавец, только Он может передать образ Андрея Балконского !!! В этом фрагменте - его отчаяние, разочарование жизнью, человеческая трагедия... И, все же, в его голосе мы чувствуем Силу, Богатырскую Силу, и верим, что Господь милостив !!! Ведь был же Он милостив, послав Хворостовскому встречу с Флоранс !!!!! Как здорово, что Дмитрий Александрович обрёл настоящее семейное счастье и Любовь !!!!! Слушая Хворостовского, глядя на него,, мы тоже, безмерно счастливы !!! Спасибо за публикацию.

Saudade dolorosa eterno Dmitri 💔22/07/19 pra sempre será lembrado por sua voz e carisma anjo de Ouro

in fact in russian operas the stereotype of the hero is always written as a baritone role, and tenor is always a secondt type role. the real russian opera hero is always a baritone, and a tenor role is always secondrate: evil, or intersting but not the most important role. and in fact greatest russian singers were always baritones (not only but mostly), as russian guy mostly have a lower voice, unlike Italy where guys have many times natural tenor voice.

is it possible to buy this performance somewhere on dvd ?

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@eurydike How about Mariusz Kwiecien?

In fact I adore Lemeshev and Kozlovsky also. Baskov is not so great, although I like him too...

@lamezzoenfrancais I like Simon Keenlyside more:-))) (no offence), but I like Hvorostovsky too:-)

@al10506025 not bad, but i like Hvorostovsky and Keenlyside much more. I think Alexey Markov is good. and Andrey Bondarenko.

Russian is not a guttural language. I know it because I am Russian and have trouble pronunciating "guttural" sounds. Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian, Welsh, Dutch, Spanish, German and Afrkikaans have more guttural sounds than Russian

I won't argue with Prokofiev of course, but I think André Bolkonsky should have been a tenor and Pierre Bezukhov the baritone role. Bolkonsky's character and his ill-fated romance with Natasha were more typical of tenor roles and presentations in traditional operas. Dmitri though is very well-cast. :)

I can't find anything interesting in Lucic: he has a good voice, good theatrcla talnts, so what? Boring as hell. Gyimka is a shaman, a magician, whatever he does, he does it by all heart.

zeljko lucic makes hvorostovsky look like an amateur