We're not sure exactly what's going on here (sorry, OC doesn't speak Communist), but honestly, we don't really care...it'd only ruin the illusion. Enjoy opera's Silver Fox, Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and his naughty smile.
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i love how the announcer gets tongue tied looking into his luscious eyes...
Posted by: Antony Thompson | December 28, 2009 at 08:29 PM
According to the translator, they're at their home, not a club.
Posted by: cgarcia | December 28, 2009 at 08:39 PM
He looks like he's been throwing back those gin and tonics that are all over the table. And is that his wife and baby or what?
Posted by: Jake | December 28, 2009 at 08:57 PM
Well , the beginning is hilarious- the guy with the microphone announces Hvorostovsky as "the genius tenor", and the singer corrects, laughing "I am not a tenor, I am a baritone!". Then his concert in Moscow is advertised, and then he is asked if he will record popular music with pop-stars. If I understood correctly, he answers that if he records popular music, he'll do it alone. In the meantime - small talk with the boy.
Posted by: Lily2 | December 28, 2009 at 09:21 PM
They are certainly not at home, as the announcer greets him as "our guest".
Posted by: Lily2 | December 28, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Who is the boy?
and WHERE is Anna?! (sry I couldn't resist)
Posted by: JulaGem | December 29, 2009 at 12:08 AM
That little kid is one of the cutest little chatterboxes I've ever see, and not at all shy. I'll be he's the center of attention in THAT home.
For me, the kid makes the whole video! But then again, I like kids like that -- fearless!
Posted by: Les Mitchell | December 29, 2009 at 01:31 AM
The kid is so cute!
I love the "What the?" look Hvorostovsky gives the interviewer when he calls him a tenor.
Posted by: Hexachordal Combinatoriality | December 29, 2009 at 04:07 AM
i wanna carry his baby
Posted by: ciociosan | December 29, 2009 at 04:14 AM
The kid is the adorable Max and that's Mrs Silver Fox, the very lovely Florence.....
Posted by: laurie | December 29, 2009 at 09:15 AM
Naughty smile.... True and sexy too ...
Posted by: Thomas | December 29, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Most importantly.. What the heck is happening in the background? Is that a Stormtrooper sitting behind Silverfox?
Posted by: Chris | December 29, 2009 at 05:07 PM
It is really a Stormtrooper!!!!! Fun. :)
Posted by: AskMeAboutOpera | December 29, 2009 at 10:52 PM
So much better than the incredibly cheesy Dmitri "scifi" clip O.C. posted a few months ago. Can't wait to see Dmitri/Sondra R. concert a few months hence. Sitting in the second row for that one!
The kid almost has almost charisma as the father, and that's saying something coz' there aren't many singers who can take over the stage like Dmitri does.
Posted by: el cajon | December 29, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Seconds 0:07-0:09
Priceless...he gives the Arnold Schwarzenegger wide eyes of death at being called a tenor...best reaction ever.
Posted by: Wes | December 30, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Some highlights.
'I am not a tenor, am a baritone, he's a tenor (pointing to Maxim, the son).
Maxim couldn't get the show-man's question 'What is your name?' (Kak tebya zavoot' and kept on responding with the same phrase to him 'What is your name?'
Then Maxim said he wanted to hold the microphone himself.
Dmitriy mentioned he would fly back to NY to sing in Don Carlos there.
They discussed the new no-Xmas-decoration-as-it's-American-propaganda campaign in Venezuela, Dmitriy noted in Venezuela he would decorate palms and undress instead of putting on Santa costume as it's hot there.
Florence said no plans for the New Year eve, they would be in Lon.
Maxim burst out with 'I want to eat u' addressed to the show-man (pretty famous one over there), to which he replied it was the best compliment he got that night and if he disappeared they should ask Maxim on his location.
Throughout the conversation Dmitriy was trying hard to speak Rus with a foreign accent, as usually :).
Posted by: Sarah | December 30, 2009 at 04:17 PM
I think it is being unkind to Dimitri to say "he is trying to speak Russian with a foreign accent", as I have heard it said in some quarters that he has turned his back on his motherland and all that, speak funny etc,which I find surprising, since if you listen to the wonderful concern of Russian songs he gave in Moscow, see eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU1jUiXOJpo&NR=1 (you would not say that). It inevitably happens when one is living in a completely different environment, and does not use a certain language on a regular basis, especially once one begin to think in another language. It happens to people's English too. Let me point out the Transatlantic accent of many Australians who move away from Oz. Anna, appears to speak very good Russian albeit with an accent, I thought she was Venezuela?
OC, love your column, read it regularly, very much enjoy the humour, the writing style, how informative it is, and even fashion on top of all that - just terrific! Recommended to all my opera loving friends here in Denmark.
Posted by: LA | January 24, 2010 at 12:40 AM