Tag Archives: Olga Borodina

Known for captivating melody recitals, lyrical performances of Verdi baritone assignments, and, not least of most, his striking magic hair, Dmitri Hvorostovsky provides appreciated an A-list career since he emerged in the first 1990s. His outstanding, yet deceptively dark-hued tone of voice may be the embodiment of chiaroscuro, as well …

Valery Gergiev emerged within the 1980s among the most exciting new conductors, particularly of opera and ballet, and it has maintained and enhanced his popularity ever since. He’s also known for the rather gruff, unshaven appearance he cultivates. Blessed in Moscow to Ossetian parents, he demonstrated tremendous musical skill in …

Olga Borodina is among the leading Russian operatic mezzo-sopranos. A superstar from the Kirov (Mariinsky) Opera, she actually is also in solid demand internationally. Her initial main placement was as an associate from the Kirov Firm in Leningrad, which contracted her as an ensemble soloist in 1987. (Because the town …

The music of Mozart is among the most core of bass-baritone’s Ildebrando d’Arcangelo repertoire since winning the Toti dal Monte International Competition for Performers in 1989 as Masetto in Don Giovanni, and again in 1991 as Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte. Critics possess praised not merely his tone of …