Hvorostovsky gave a gripping performance as Count di Luna.

When your life is actually threatened by a serious illness, you truly are putting everything on the line when you sing. It’s impossible to imagine a singer giving more than Mr. Friday’s was the first of three, after which he will return to London for treatment. Scheduled to appear in all six performances of “Trovatore” this fall, he was determined to sing at least the first few. Hvorostovsky, 52, announced that he had a brain tumor and was canceling all summer engagements to undergo treatments. On Friday night he returned to the Met to sing Count di Luna in the revival of David McVicar’s 2009 production of Verdi’s “ Il Trovatore.” Just a few months ago, it seemed unlikely that he would be singing anywhere this fall. Fans cherish singers who give their all, those artists who of course understand the techniques and styles of the genre, yet, when it counts, seem to put their lives on the line in their performances.Īt his best, the charismatic Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has given many such performances at the Metropolitan Opera since his 1995 debut.

The met opera schedule 2015