In the “Venice of the North,” they explore and perform in some of the most spectacular locations of a city that was born in the remarkable mind and imagination of the young Czar Peter the Great.
GREAT PERFORMANCES: Renée Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Musical Odyssey in St. PetersburgPBS
Fleming and Hvorostovsky take in three of the most memorable palaces in the city of St. Petersburg, all of them on the water. First is the Winter Palace, also known as the Hermitage, built with one entire facade facing the Neva River. Next on the tour is the Yusupov Palace (the scene of Rasputin’s murder); and lastly, the Peterhof with its fantastic fountains on the Gulf of Finland.
In each location, they sing arias and duets by Verdi and Tchaikovsky, as well as the Russian songs of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
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