Dmitri Hvorostovsky withdraws from staged opera over tumorDecember 9, 2016 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dmitri Hvorostovsky has withdrawn from all staged opera performances because of treatment for a brain tumor, The Associated Press said. The 54-year-old Russian baritone was diagnosed with the tumor in June 2015. He was given emotional receptions when he appeared that fall as the Count di Luna in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" at New York's Metropolitan Opera and the title character in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" at London's Royal Opera. He sang four performances last month as Giorgio Germont in Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Vienna State Opera and was due to star in a revival of "Onegin" at the Met next April. "I have been experiencing balance issues associated with my illness, making it extremely difficult for me to perform in staged productions," Hvorostovsky said in a statement Thursday, December 8. While he is withdrawing from staged performances, he said he "will continue to give concerts and recitals as well as make recordings. Singing is my life, and I want to continue bringing joy to people worldwide." Hvorostovsky also said that "with this pause in my operatic career and more rest in between each engagement, I hope to have more time to focus on my health and treatment." He will be replaced in "Onegin" by Mariusz Kwiecien and Peter Mattei. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |