Pavel Lisitsian - Yeletsky’s aria (Ya vas lyublyu)

The supreme interpreter of Prince Yeletsky in Pique Dame, in my opinion: Soviet baritone Pavel Lisitsian. What a fantastic lyric baritone Hvorostovsky fans, his Yeletsky is good, but isn’t in the same league as Lisitian’s. In fact, from what I’ve heard, Hvorostovsky was a personal friend of Lisitian, and one can hear certain similarities in their singing style. Pity this man was not as well known in the western world as he should have been.