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‘Deathly Melodies’: 5 Best Classical Compositions About Human Mortality
On Record: James Inverne Remembers Jon Vickers (1926-2015)
"Opera," said the Canadian tenor Jon Vickers once in an interview, "is not entertainment." For entertainment, he explained, he would far rather watch My Fair Lady. Opera had to go deeper. It was deeper, or it was nothing. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, World-Renowned Baritone, Diagnosed with Brain Tumor
The beloved Russian baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, has revealed that he has had to cancel all engagements through the end of August to undergo treatment for a brain tumor. The announcement was posted Wednesday on his website.
