Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky will be performing a program of Russian songs Sunday, May 24, 2014 at Davies Symphony Hall with his longtime artistic partner Ivari Ilja.  Hvorostovsky 52 was last heard in North America at the Metropolitan Opera last fall when he made his acclaimed role debut as Verdi's Rigoletto.  This month, he will be inducted into the Gramphone Hall of Fame.  His most recent solo recording is In this Moonlit Night Ondine, 2013.  In 1989, he won the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.  Photo Pavel Antonov