5.5K views · 283 reactions | Today would have been the great Dmitri Hvorostovsky's 57th birthday. Here he is, singing one of his signature roles, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin: https://spoti.fi/2IV7Bx | Decca Classics | Facebook

Do you think Tatiana should've chosen to be with Onegin? #MeetOpera #Pride #QueerComposer #Tchaikovsky Renée Fleming as Tatiana and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Onegin in EUGENE ONEGIN at The Metropolitan Opera Cast & Creative: Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Librettists: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky Conductor: Valery Gergiev Revival Stage Director: Peter McClintock (Robert Carsen’s production) Eugene Onegin: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Tatiana: Renée Fleming Lensky: Ramón Vargas Gremi

With his rich voice and magnetic stage presence, the late Dmitri Hvorostovsky was one of the world’s greatest Verdi baritones, singing seven of the composer’s most commanding roles at the Met. In tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream, enjoy his final Live in HD appearance, as Count di Luna in Il Trovatore. Stream the full 2015 performance tonight, August 25, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, August 26, at 6:30PM ET. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—includi