Дмитрий Хворостовский

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Russian: Дми́трий Хворосто́вский; 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone. He studied at the Krasnoyarsk School of Arts under Yekaterina Yofel [ru] and made his debut at Krasnoyarsk Opera House in the role of Marullo in Rigoletto. He went on to win First Prize at both the Russian Glinka Competition in 1987 and the Toulouse Singing Competition in 1988. Hvorostovsky came to international prominence in 1989 when he won the Cardiff BBC Singer of the World competition, beating local favorite Bryn Terfel. His concert recitals began immediately (London debut, 1989; New York, 1990). His operatic debut in the West was at the Nice Opera in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (1989). In Italy, he made his debut at La Fenice as Eugene Onegin, a success that sealed his reputation; in the US, he debuted with the Lyric Opera of Chicago (1993) in La traviata. And in 1992, he made his debut at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden as Riccardo in Bellini's I puritani. He subsequently sang at virtually every major opera house, including the Metropolitan Opera (debut 1995), the Berlin State Opera, La Scala and the Vienna State Opera. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of the title character in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin; The New York Times described him as "born to play the role." In later years, Hvorostovsky's stage repertoire almost entirely consisted of Verdi operas such as Un ballo in maschera, La traviata and Simon Boccanegra. In 2009 he appeared in Il trovatore in a David McVicar production at the Metropolitan Opera with Sondra Radvanovsky. In June 2015, Hvorostovsky announced that he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and cancelled all his performances through August. Despite his illness, Hvorostovsky returned to the stage at the Metropolitan Opera in September as Count di Luna in Il trovatore for a run of three performances opposite Anna Netrebko. He received strong reviews from both critics and audiences for his performance. Hvorostovsky died on 22 November 2017 in London of brain cancer. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.