The opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky died

Opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky in the morning of November 22 died in London at the 56th year of his life after a long serious illness. This was announced on Wednesday by TASS agent of the artist. “It really happened, unfortunately,” said the representative of the singer in Russia.

The agency also received a message from the executive vice president 21c Media Group Sean Michael Gross, who acted as the official representative of Hvorostovsky in London. It says that the singer spent the last days of his life in the London hospice surrounded by his relatives.

"With a deep regret, we inform you that on November 22 at 3:20 in London there was no Dmitry Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky, all his beloved opera baritone, a wonderful husband, father, son and friend. He died after two and a half years of struggle with a serious illness - cancer of the brain. Dmitry Alexandrovich was only 55. He spent his last days surrounded by his relatives - in the household, in the hospice, Not far from his home in London, ”the report said.

Information about the death of Hvorostovsky was also confirmed by RBC by People's Artist of Russia and State Duma deputy Joseph Kobzon. However, according to him, the artist died in Switzerland.

At the same time, singer Dmitry Malikov told RIA Novosti that Hvorostovsky died in London. “I have information from my poetess Lilia Vinogradova, who was very close to him and which was with him. She wrote to me that he died at 3:36 am London time,” the artist said.

Later this information was confirmed by the singer's family. "On behalf of the Hvorostovsky family, we are bitterly of loss of loss about the death of Dmitry Hvorostovsky - his beloved opera baritone, husband, father, son and friend - at the age of 55 years. After two and a half years of the fight against brain cancer, he died peacefully this morning, November 22, surrounded by his family next to his house in London, Great Britain. Let his voice be warm and his soul will always be with his soul. us, ”the singer’s official page on Facebook said in a statement.

Hvorostovsky remained the wife of Florence Hvorostovskaya, children Maxim (14 years old) and Nina (10 years old), as well as two twin children from a previous marriage Danil and Alexander (21 years old) and parents Alexander Stepanovich and Lyudmila Petrovna Hvorostovsky.

Director of the Bolshoi Theater Vladimir Urin called the death of Hvorostovsky a loss for the Russian and world community. “The words that naturally arise in connection with these news,” of course, was among the outstanding world opera stars. (...) there was aristocracy and artistry. (...) This is a loss not only for our Russian, but also the world community, ”the theater head in the commentary of Interfax said.

Hvorostovsky celebrated his 55th anniversary on October 16. Then the singer was congratulated, in particular, Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him "one of the outstanding baritones of our time." In mid -October, the singer said that while he was fighting his illness, and even planned to give a concert in Moscow before the New Year. “Today for me every performance in front of the public is a litmus piece of paper, checking myself, your voice, which can sound in a new way even contrary to your physical condition,” the artist said.

On the night of October 11, Komsomolskaya Pravda published a message about the death of an artist, which stirred all the world media. Soon this information was refuted. The editorsapologized for what had happened, explaining the inaccurate publication of the "puncture" of her full -time employee.

For the past year and a half, the concert activity of Hvorostovsky has now and then interrupted due to a serious illness found in the singer. At the end of June 2015, an artist who has been living in London for many years announced that he was suffering from a brain tumor.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky was born on October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk. In 1982 he graduated from the musical department of the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical School. A. M. Gorky (now - Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical College n1 named after M. Gorky), in the mid -1980s - the vocal faculty of the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts in the class of professor Ekaterina Iofel. The artist’s singing voice is baritone.

In 1987 he was awarded the first award at the All -Union Vocalist Competition. M.I. Glinka, held in Baku. In 1988, he received the Grand Prix at the International Contest of Singers in Toulouse (France).

In the same year, he made his debut on the European stage, performing the Party of Yelets from the "Queen of Spades" of Peter Tchaikovsky on the stage of the Nice Opera Theater. Hvorostovsky gained wide fame a year later after the victory at the IV International Vocalist Competition "Singer of the World" in Cardiff (Wales, Great Britain).

This success brought the executor to speak at the leading world theater venues: Covent Garden (London, Great Britain), Bavarian and Berlin State opera (Germany), La Scale (Milan, Italy), the Vienna State Opera (Austria), the Metro-Opera (New York, USA) and others.