Dmitry Hvorostovsky died

Opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky died in the 56th year of his life, his colleagues said. For the past two years, he suffered from a brain tumor. When it became known about the disease, he briefly abolished all the performances, but soon returned to the stage. In the summer of 2017, he last performed in his hometown - Krasnoyarsk.

Hvorostovsky died in London on November 22 at 3:36 local time, wrote singer Dmitry Malikov, but later deleted Twit. “I have information from my poetess Lilia Vinogradova, who was very close with him and which was with him there. She wrote to me that he died at 3.36 in the morning of London time, ”RIA Novosti quoted Malikova.

The information was confirmed by TASS agent Hvorostovsky in Russia. State Duma deputy Joseph Kobzon said that, according to the will of the deceased, his body should be cremated, and the ashes are divided into two parts and buried in Moscow and at home in Krasnoyarsk.

The performer took several courses of chemotherapy in one of the oncological centers of London, writes Kommersant. His return to the stage after August 25, 2015 in New York on the stage of the Metro-Opera.

In June 2017, caring Krasnoyarsk residents asked the local Metropolitan Panteleimon to “bless the prayers for the health of the famous opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky” in all local temples.

At a concert in Krasnoyarsk, in early summer, he appeared with a supporting bandage on his shoulder, as on May 27 he received a serious injury during a speech in St. Petersburg.

“Hvorostovsky came out lame, with a broken shoulder. He has a changed voice and diction problems. Like most people in the hall, I was in shock. I just did not expect ... During the first Arya, automatic thought - why? It is physically difficult to watch, ”said Vadim Vostrov, General Director of the TVK TV channel. - But he went out again and again, smiled and brought the young performers to the stage, joked and supported them as he could. At the end of the concert, it became clear what it cost it. “I had to return. Because I love you because it is my hometown,” Dmitry said and cried. ”

Dmitry Hvorostovsky was born on October 16, 1962. In 1989, after the victory at the International Vocalist Competition “Singer of the World” in Cardiff (Great Britain), he received fame. In 1995, Hvorostovsky was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. He was awarded the Russian orders of Alexander Nevsky (2015) and “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the IV degree (2017).