A month earlier, his friend, composer and producer Igor Krutoy spoke with Dmitry Hvorostovsky. The musician was stunned by how the famous opera singer’s voice had changed.
The producer called Hvorostovsky after the media appeared fake information about his death. Cool just wanted to show support for his friend. Hearing in handset Hvorostovsky, he could not believe that one of the best voices in the country sounded like that.
In recent days, the poetess Lilia Vinogradova, with whom they were friends, was next to the singer. According to her, Hvorostovsky died in a London hospice at 3:35 local time, although there was information in the media that he died at his home.
“Nearby were the closest people, his wife, his parents flew in from Moscow yesterday. They managed to say goodbye to their son. I was nearby, a cousin from Krasnoyarsk, children,” Vinogradova told the REN TV channel.
Conductor Konstantin Orbelyan was also by his side in the last hours of the singer’s life. According to him, Hvorostovsky literally lived on stage and gave 1000% at concerts. He was as efficient as a horse, the conductor emphasized.
“At any concert, he splashed enormous artistic and emotional energy into the hall. His epoch-making project with war songs turned the country into a proud state,” Orbelyan told RIA Novosti.
Opera singer Maria Guleghina hoped until the very end that the news about Hvorostovsky’s death would turn out to be the same “fake stuff” as it was a month ago, when Komsomolskaya Pravda published unreliable information. Now that his death had become a fact, she asked everyone to refrain from crying, since now was the time to remain silent.
“Now you need to close your mouth, don’t cry, don’t howl. This is not good for his soul. You just need to think well of him. Give him energy. Thank him for everything good he has done,” the artist said in a conversation with RT.
The most important thing, Gulegina is sure, is the support of the Hvorostovsky family, which needs to get rid of the feeling of loneliness after Dmitry’s departure.
It is worth noting that your last concert Hvorostovsky gave in his native Krasnoyarsk in June of this year. Then he struggled, but still survived to the end.
In 2015, Hvorostovsky told the public that he was seriously ill. Doctors discovered he had a brain tumor. Since that year, the illness has repeatedly prevented the singer from performing at a concert.
Dmitry Hvorostovsky died. This tragic news, which came from London this morning, was confirmed to us by Hvorostovsky’s friend, like-minded person and colleague, conductor Konstantin Orbelyan.
I managed to say goodbye to Dmitry last night at 21.00. And early this morning his wife Florence called me and said that Dima had died a minute ago. It was at 3.30 am. He died in a hospital in London.
Unfortunately, the fight for his life ended today.
I can’t say that he was conscious in the last minutes. Yesterday morning his parents flew to see him. They met. We even managed to talk as much as possible. And they also said goodbye to him, although before last minute no one believed that Dima would leave.
We all hoped for a miracle.
In October, People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Hvorostovsky turned 55 years old.
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FAMILY COMMENT
On behalf of the Hvorostovsky family, it is with a heavy heart that we announce that Dmitry Hvorostovsky, a beloved operatic baritone, husband, father, son and friend, has passed away at the age of 55. After a two and a half year battle with brain cancer, he passed away quietly this morning, November 22, surrounded by family at his home in London, UK. The warmth of his voice and his spirit will remain with us forever
DOSSIER "KP"
One of the best baritones of our time, the owner of a sensual timbre, who knows all the secrets of bel canto, was born into an average Soviet family. In Krasnoyarsk . Dad is an engineer, mom is a doctor. What's unusual? Only a unique voice that sounded very early. From the age of 4, Dima performed Russian romances quite professionally and folk songs. And while his classmates were puffing away over problems and equations, he played scales and sang in music school. Maybe he already understood then: he had a different purpose. Or maybe I liked music lessons more.
Outstanding teachers from the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts helped him hone his singing technique. The main one among them is Professor Ekaterina Iofel.
A happy father with children (from left to right): Maria (the daughter of the singer’s first wife, whom he adopted), 21-year-old Danila and 21-year-old Alexandra (children from his first marriage with ballerina Svetlana Ivanova), 10-year-old Nina, in the second row - 15-year-old Maxim. Photo: Instagram.com
After college, Dmitry’s career went like clockwork: solo roles at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater, victories at international competitions.
In 1989 he won first place at International competition vocalists "Singer of the World" in Cardiff (Wales). What's behind this? Firstly, world fame, and secondly, contracts with the best opera stages. La Scala, Royal Theater Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera... Any works for any audience. Whether on the big opera stage, at least in a chamber hall or a concert under open air. Hvorostovsky was capable of everything and his talent: from the most complex opera parts to Russian romances, from Italian songs to Soviet hits. He sang romances by Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Liszt and Rachmaninoff. One of his favorite roles was Rigoletto in the opera of the same name “Verdi... One day he pulled out a completely unexpected trick - he began collaborating with the pop composer Igor Krutoy. Hvorostovsky released a video for his song “You and Me”.
It seemed that life had given him everything in a spoonful: talent, his wife - the beautiful half-French, half-Italian Florence, and five children in the shops. Not to mention the fact that Hvorostovsky himself looked incredibly impressive not only on stage, but also in life. Strong, handsome, dives into an ice hole, goes on a boat along the Yenisei. And suddenly an illness... A few years ago, his concerts in Moscow were canceled due to problems with his voice. At that time, no one suspected anything fatal—problems with the voice of opera performers do happen. But two years ago, like a bolt from the blue, Dmitry was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Everyone believed that he would cope with this misfortune. He is strong, he is Siberian. Alas, the disease turned out to be stronger.
CONDOLENCES
A close friend of Hvorostovsky about his last days: He could not speak, but he heard and understood everything
Dmitry Alexandrovich Hvorostovsky died. People's Artist of Russia, holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree and other awards, internationally recognized opera singer passed away on the night of November 22 at 3.35. He was 55 years old. Cancer. IN last days During the artist’s life (he was in a hospice in London), his closest people were nearby, including the Russian poetess Lilia Vinogradova. We called close friend Dmitry Hvorostovsky to London
Colleagues and friends about the death of Dmitry Hvorostovsky: Until recently we did not believe that this would happen
The death of Dmitry Hvorostovsky, an opera singer and People's Artist of Russia, is a great loss not only for his family and entourage, but also for the opera world. Colleagues and friends of the artist are talking about this today, expressing condolences on his death.
“I can only say that we have lost a great singer, a wonderful person, a friend, a world personality who made huge contribution, he made a huge contribution to world opera culture and also in the world and in Russia. I think that for a very long time we will not have a singer like Dima. He was still a very close friend to us, I was lucky enough to stand on the same stage with him... I express my condolences to his entire family. This is terrible news. It’s just somehow unexpected... We all knew about it, but we all didn’t believe until the last minute that it would happen,” said the soloist Bolshoi Theater Dinara Aliyeva Radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda”
MEANWHILE
Dmitry Hvorostovsky bequeathed to bury his ashes in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk
It was very difficult to hope, because Dmitry Hvorostovsky’s diagnosis was incurable - an oncological brain tumor, - said "KP" National artist USSR Joseph Kobzon. - But Dmitry fought. I fought as hard as I could. And I understand him, maybe more than anyone else. Because when I had critical situations with oncology, they, in fact, remained, I fought. And chemotherapy, which, of course, affected both my body and my life... And I thought about Hvorostovsky - how he feels about his damn diagnosis
BY THE WAY
Personal life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky: on the first date with his wife Florence, they made dumplings
In 1999, Dmitry met singer Florence Illy. Actually love affair at work developed into a marriage that lasted until last breath artist. We talk about personal life Dmitry Hvorostovsky - the love story of the singer and his Floshi Dmitry Hvorostovsky - beloved opera baritone, husband, father, son and friend - has died at the age of 55. After a two and a half year battle with brain cancer, he passed away quietly this morning, November 22, in London, surrounded by his family. Our condolences to the artist’s family and friends.
Dmitry Hvorostovsky died in London after long illness. Anna Ilyina, the artist’s representative in Russia, reported this to TASS.
“It’s really, unfortunately, what happened,” she said.
Singer Dmitry Malikov also reported to RIA Novosti about Hvorostovsky’s death.
“I have information from my poetess Lilia Vinogradova, who was very close to him and who was there with him. She wrote to me that he died at 3.36 am London time,” Malikov said.
Hvorostovsky died at the age of 56 after a long and protracted illness. At the end of June 2015, the singer, who had been living in London for many years, announced that he was suffering from a brain tumor.
Biography of Dmitry Hvorostovsky
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky was born on October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk in the family of Alexander Stepanovich and Lyudmila Petrovna Hvorostovsky. His father worked as a chemical engineer, his mother as a gynecologist.
In 1972-1977, Dmitry Hvorostovsky studied at city music school No. 4, studying solfeggio and piano.
In 1982 he graduated from the music department of the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical School. A. M. Gorky (now Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical College No. 1 named after M. Gorky), in the mid-1980s - vocal department of the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts, class of Professor Ekaterina Iofel. Singing voice: baritone.
In 1985-1990 he was the soloist of the Krasnoyarsk state theater opera and ballet.
In 1987 he was awarded first prize at the All-Union Vocal Competition. M. I. Glinka (Baku, Azerbaijan SSR; now the Republic of Azerbaijan), in 1988 received the Grand Prix at the International Singing Competition in Toulouse (France).
In 1988 he made his debut on the European stage, performing the part of Yeletsky from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades on stage opera house Nice (France).
Dmitry Hvorostovsky gained wide fame in 1989 after winning the IV International Vocal Competition “Singer of the World” in Cardiff (Wales, UK; held since 1983 once every two years under the auspices of the BBC). This success brought the performer offers to perform at the world's leading theater venues: Covent Garden (London, UK), Bavarian and Berlin State Operas (Germany), La Scale (Milan, Italy), Vienna State Opera (Austria), Metropolitan Opera (New York, USA), etc.
Dmitry Hvorostovsky's repertoire included the main roles in the operas: “Eugene Onegin”, “Iolanta” and “ Queen of Spades"Pyotr Tchaikovsky, "Rigoletto", "La Traviata", "Simon Boccanegra" and "Othello" by Giuseppe Verdi, "The Favorite" and "Elisir of Love" by Gaetano Donizetti, "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "The Demon" Anton Rubinstein, " The Tsar's Bride"Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, " Barber of Seville"Gioacchino Rossini, Faust by Charles Gounod, Honor Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo, etc.
Along with opera roles, the singer performed Russian folk songs, Russian romances and foreign composers, baroque arias of Western European composers of the 16th-17th centuries, etc.
IN different years Dmitry Hvorostovsky collaborated with the New York and Rotterdam Philharmonic orchestras, as well as with leading domestic and foreign conductors - Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Spivakov, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia), James Levine and Lorin Maazel (USA), Zubin Mehta (India) , Bernard Haitink (Netherlands), Claudio Abbado (Italy), etc.
In 1995, composer Georgy Sviridov created the musical poem “Petersburg” for voice and piano with lyrics by Alexander Blok especially for the duet of Dmitry Hvorostovsky and pianist Mikhail Arkadyev. Its world premiere took place in May 1996 at London's Wigmore Hall.
Especially for Dmitry Hvorostovsky and symphony orchestra San Francisco (USA), Georgian composer Gia Kancheli composed the work “Don’t Cry!” Its premiere took place in May 2002.
On May 28, 2004, Dmitry Hvorostovsky became the first opera performer to perform with an orchestra and choir on Red Square in Moscow. During a charity concert he performed Soviet songs war years, arias from Russian operas and Italian composers, Russian romances and Neapolitan songs. The performance was broadcast in more than 30 countries.
In 2005, at the special invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the singer made a tour of Russian cities dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Patriotic War.
Since 2006, the performer has regularly performed in Moscow and St. Petersburg with concerts as part of the “Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Friends” cycle he created. At his invitation, leading opera performers from different countries world: Ekaterina Syurina, Ekaterina Gubanova, Ildar and Askar Abdrazakov (Russia), Renee Fleming and Sondra Radvanovsky (USA), Barbara Frittoli and Marcello Giordani (Italy), Sumi Cho ( South Korea), Jonas Kaufmann (Germany), Ramon Vargas (Mexico), etc.
Since the beginning of the 2010s, Dmitry Hvorostovsky has collaborated with Russian composer Igor Krutoy. IN different time their joint concerts took place in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv (Ukraine) and New York.
September 25, 2012 Dmitry Hvorostovsky accompanied by the choir of the Academy of Choral Art. V. S. Popov and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after. E. F. Svetlanova opened the tenth season of the Moscow International House of Music.
In 2014-2016, the singer regularly performed at various venues with charity concerts"Dmitry Hvorostovsky and friends - for children."
On May 9, 2015, at VDNKh in Moscow, Dmitry Hvorostovsky gave a concert “Songs of the War Years” in honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. His speeches dedicated to the holiday, also took place in Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, etc.
On June 24, 2015, it was officially announced that Dmitry Hvorostovsky was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The singer was undergoing treatment, but continued professional activity. In particular, he performed with Anna Netrebko at the Metropolitan Opera (September 2015), with Latvian singer Elina Garancha at the State Kremlin Palace (October 2015), at a gala concert at Palace Square for the City Day of St. Petersburg (May 2017), etc.
Over the course of his career, the singer has released more than 40 music discs with recordings of solo and opera performances. The release of the next disc was scheduled for November 10, 2017 - with a recording of the opera “Rigoletto”, in which Hvorostovsky performed the title role.
People's Artist of Russia (1995).
He was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015) and “For Services to the Fatherland”, IV degree (2017).
Laureate State Prize RSFSR named after. M.I. Glinka for 1991.
Was an honorary citizen of Krasnoyarsk (2000) and Krasnoyarsk Territory (2015), Kemerovo region (2006).
He was an honorary professor at the Moscow state university them. M. V. Lomonosov (2006), member of the board of trustees of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center.
He was married for the second time to the Italian singer Florence Illy. The family has two children - son Maxim (born 2003) and daughter Nina (born 2007). The first wife is ballerina Svetlana Ivanova (died in 2015). From his marriage to her he had twin children - daughter Alexandra and son Danila (born 1996). He also adopted Svetlana’s child from her previous marriage, Maria.
The main belt asteroid 7995 Khvorostovsky is named in honor of Dmitry Hvorostovsky.
Natalia Chernova’s books “Dmitry Hvorostovsky. Episodes..." (2006) and Sophia Benois "Dmitry Hvorostovsky. Two women and music" (2015), as well as documentaries Natalia Chernova “Dmitry Hvorostovsky. The science of distant travels..." (2002) and Niki Strizhak "Dmitry Hvorostovsky. It’s me and the music...” (2012).
“It’s too sad to say anything now. We were just very friendly. We need to get used to this,” Hvorostovsky’s friend, singer and composer Alexander Gradsky told RBC. “Everyone thought that this could happen, but when it happens, you realize how disgusting this event is,” he concluded.
Another friend of Hvorostovsky, People's Artist of Russia Igor Butman, called the opera singer a “great artist.” “We can talk about him for a very long time and a lot. I know that he was sick, and his illness [was] very bad,” he said, noting that “this is a huge loss and grief.” “The man was good and kind, talented,” Butman concluded.
The singer’s classmate, a soloist of the Moscow theater, brought his condolences in connection with the artist’s death to Hvorostovsky’s family and friends. New Opera» Vladimir Kudashev. “This is a huge loss for world opera. We are all grieving,” he told RBC, adding that this “is, of course, a predictable end.” “But we all hoped that he could overcome this disease. But, unfortunately, the disease took over,” Kudashev said.
Hvorostovsky's illness became known in 2015. Then the artist announced that he was suffering from a brain tumor and was beginning treatment. Subsequently, because of this, the opera singer repeatedly canceled his performances. In particular, in connection with this, Hvorostovsky’s concert in Vienna was canceled in September last year, and in December of the same year in Moscow. Later that month, the singer refused to participate in opera productions, and in June 2017, the artist planned performances at the Vienna State Opera for the 2017/18 season.
A month ago, on October 11, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported about Hvorostovsky’s death without indicating the source of information. After this, State Duma deputy Elena Mizulina and singer Sergei Lazarev expressed their condolences. A few hours later, information about the death of the artist, his director Mark Hildrew. IN " Komsomolskaya Pravda“This material was then called a “puncture”, promising to carry out investigations in this regard in the editorial office of “”.
Hvorostovsky’s friend and former Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov later told RBC that the publication about the singer’s death caused a sleepless night in the artist’s family. “They received calls all night. Everyone was on edge. “Very scary information,” Astakhov said.
The artist was born in 1962 in Krasnoyarsk. In 1982, he graduated from the music department of the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical School. A.M. Gorky, and in the mid-1980s - the vocal department of the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts in the class of Professor Ekaterina Iofel.
In 1987, the singer won the All-Union Glinka Vocal Competition, and a year later won the International Vocal Competition in Toulouse. In 1989, Hvorostovsky won the prestigious vocal competition in Cardiff, where the unofficial title " best voice peace."
After his debut in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades at the Nice Opera, Hvorostovsky began performing at leading opera scenes world, such as Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Bavarian and Vienna State Operas, La Scala, Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as at the most prestigious festivals, including Salzburg. Since 1994, Hvorostovsky lived in London.
The music of Georgy Sviridov occupied a special place in the artist’s repertoire. In particular, Hvorostovsky was the first to perform his vocal poem “Petersburg” based on Blok’s poems, written in 1995 and dedicated to the singer.
In May 2004, Hvorostovsky performed a solo program on Red Square. Popular Soviet works from the war years, arias from operas by Russian and Italian composers, several Russian romances and Neapolitan songs were performed. The concert was broadcast on television in more than 30 countries around the world. The artist’s performance was attended by Vladimir Putin and Hosni Mubarak, who at that time served as the president of Egypt.
In September 2017, the President of Russia signed a decree awarding Hvorostovsky the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.
