Brief biography of Dmitry Hvorostovsky. Dmitry Hvorostovsky: wife, children, personal life

Today, November 22, 2017, at the age of 56, the famous opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky passed away. His wife and four children are grieving the death of their loved one. All fans of the great artist are in deep sorrow, because such singers are rarely born.

A brain tumor caused the early death of the famous baritone. Surprisingly, during the period of illness he was cheerful and fit; the paparazzi were never able to get a photo of Dmitry looking “crushed” from the illness. The singer fought as hard as he could until the end.

We will tell you more about his personal life and achievements.

The personal life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky has always interested his fans; they searched the Internet for information about his wife and photos of his children.

The singer never experienced a shortage of attention from women, since he had an outstanding appearance and a rare voice. The gray hair that appeared early did not spoil Dmitry’s beauty at all; he never tried to paint it over; on the contrary, he was proud of it. He himself said that this is a manifestation of genetic inheritance.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky with his first wife Svetlana and her daughter from her first marriage

He met his first wife Svetlana Ivanova, a corps de ballet dancer, back in 1986. The young people began dating, and in 1991 they legalized their relationship. They settled permanently in London. The singer adopted a girl from Svetlana’s first marriage.

But the newlyweds’ personal life did not work out, despite the fact that in 1996 they had two children, twins (a girl and a boy). The couple often quarreled, and one day Dmitry found his wife with her lover.

When Dmitry met the Italian singer Florence Illy, he was still actually married, but this was only formally. A romance broke out between Dmitry and Florence, but he did not want to ruin the family. In 2001, Dmitry Hvorostovsky divorced his first wife, who requested a huge amount of alimony, and married Florence.

How old is Hvorostovsky's wife

His personal life with his new wife was a success; the marriage produced two children. When they first met in 1999, Florence was 29 years old. The photo shows that the son looks like his father, and the daughter looks like her mother.

Children of Dmitry Hvorostovsky

In 2015, Hvorostovsky’s first wife died tragically. Two children from his first marriage followed in their father’s footsteps and became musicians.

Artist's childhood

People's Artist Dmitry Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in 1962 into an intelligent family. His parents had no professional relationship with art, but they had a passion for music.

Dad worked as an engineer, but he loved to sing and had good vocal abilities. He collected a large music collection of recordings of famous singers. Most likely, his love of music and opera singing was passed on to his children.

Alexander Stepanovich’s wife worked as a gynecologist, but also loved music - in her spare time the whole family attended concerts and theaters.

From the very beginning of his life, Dima was immersed in the world of wonderful sounds; he fell in love with music early on. The boy started singing at the age of two!

His beloved grandmother helped him in this - she had a beautiful voice and taught her grandson to sing correctly.

They often sang famous fragments from operas and simply folk songs in duets. The classes served as a good lesson for the future singer.

Of course, Dima was sent to study at a music school, where he showed great success. After graduating, as well as after receiving incomplete secondary education, Dmitry did not hesitate for long in choosing his future profession. He immediately entered the pedagogical school in the music department.

Carier start

After graduating from a secondary school, Dmitry entered the Institute of Arts, which is located in Krasnoyarsk. There he studied vocals with teacher Ekaterina Iofel - she taught the future singer openness, spontaneity, and correctly expressing his emotions. If at first Dmitry thought only about the technically correct performance of the work, then she taught him to think about the expressive side.

Starting from his second year, Hvorostovsky began performing on the stage of the opera house as a trainee. And later he was taken into plays as a young actor. Of course, everyone immediately noticed his rare velvety baritone, extraordinary timbre and large range of voice. The aspiring artist began to be trusted with serious roles in operas.

After classes with Iofel, Hvorostovsky no longer needed other mentors, since she taught him the most important thing - independent control over himself, over his feelings, his voice.

By the end of his studies at the university, Hvorostovsky was already an independent and outstanding opera personality. He worked at the Krasnoyarsk Opera House until 1990.

First popularity

In 1989, the young singer announced himself as a talented person throughout the world. At the age of 26 he won the International Opera Competition in Cardiff. After such a resounding victory, Dmitry went abroad and began performing in such famous theaters abroad as:

Dmitry Hvorostovsky on stage with Dinara Aliyeva

Bavarian Opera;
Theater Royal in London;
La Scala Theater in Milan;
Berlin Opera;
Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires;
Vienna Opera;
Metropolitan Opera in New York;
Lyric Opera of Chicago;
Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg;
The New Opera Theater in Moscow, etc.

Since 1994, Dmitry Hvorostovsky lived in London, but the young singer also did not forget Russia. He often came to Moscow and St. Petersburg and performed on various stages. Together with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, he recorded works by Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

The popular singer performed not only classical works. In 2009, Hvorostovsky performed at the Kremlin Palace, where he performed songs by Igor Krutoy based on poems by L. Vinogradova. It was a presentation of a new joint album between Hvorostovsky and Krutoy.

In 1990, Hvorostovsky became an Honored Artist of Russia, and five years later a People's Artist. He is the winner of many awards, was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th degree, and the Order of Alexander Nevsky. One of the asteroids is named after the singer.

Illness and death of the singer

In the summer of 2015, a statement about the singer’s cancer appeared in the press for the first time. For this reason, his concerts in England and other countries were cancelled.

Dmitry was found to have a brain tumor, for this reason he went to an oncology clinic in London for examination and treatment.

However, the singer was not at all going to give up and lose heart. Already in September, he again appeared on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, where he sang with Anna Netrebko. Then Dmitry went to Russia, where he gave several concerts. In his interview, the singer stated that he does not believe in God and the afterlife.

In 2016, Hvorostovsky underwent chemotherapy; because of this, his performances were cancelled, including on the stage of the Vienna Opera. After treatment, the singer performed on stage in Germany. However, doctors banned a trip to Moscow and performances at the Bolshoi Theater.

At the end of 2016, a message appeared that Dmitry was in the hospital due to acute pneumonia. But the singer did not give up; in May 2017, he performed in St. Petersburg. Then, despite a shoulder injury, Hvorostovsky performed in Krasnoyarsk. At one of the concerts he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of his hometown.

Dmitry Malikov announced the death of the legendary opera baritone on his social networks.

Composer Dmitry Malikov was the first to report the death of the opera baritone; their mutual friend, poetess L. Vinogradova, told him about it.

Already in October of this year, false information about the singer’s death appeared, so not everyone immediately believed that Hvorostovsky was gone. However, singer Joseph Kobzon also confirmed the fact of death. Later a message appeared on television.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky photo: Instagram

Singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky died in London this morning.

Hvorostovsky suffered from a serious chronic illness for a long time. Singer Dmitry Malikov reported this.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky - biography, information, personal life

Dmitry Alexandrovich Hvorostovsky. Born on October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk. Soviet and Russian opera singer (baritone). People's Artist of Russia (1995).

Father - Alexander Stepanovich Hvorostovsky, chemical engineer. He loved to sing and played the piano. He also had a large collection of recordings of stars of the world opera stage.

Mother - Lyudmila Petrovna, gynecologist.

He started singing at the age of 4. Performing ancient romances and folk songs. His idols were Ettore Bastianini, Tito Gobbi, Fyodor Chaliapin, Maria Callas.

He studied piano at a music school. He studied poorly in high school, as the singer said, after the tenth grade they wrote such a description for him that even now he does not want to remember his school years.

He graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical School named after A. M. Gorky and the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts in the class of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor E. K. Iofel, a student of M. N. Rioli-Slovtsova - the wife of the outstanding Russian tenor P. I. Slovtsov.

In 1985-1990 he was a soloist of the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater.

After winning the International Opera Singing Competition in Cardiff in 1989, since 1990 he has had engagements in the best opera houses in the world: Royal Theater Covent Garden (London), Bavarian State Opera (Munich State Opera), Berlin State Opera, La Scala Theater (Milan ), Vienna State Opera, Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), Metropolitan Opera (New York), Lyric Opera of Chicago, Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, Moscow Novaya Opera, opera stage of the Salzburg Festival.

Since 1994 he has lived in London.

It also provides support to young groups, such as the Baltic Symphony Orchestra.

With Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra he recorded the vocal cycle “Songs and Dances of Death” by Modest Mussorgsky and the opera “The Tsar’s Bride” by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov (as Grigory Gryazny).

One of the best performers of works by G.V. Sviridov.

Every year the singer tours around the world with his solo programs, and also participates in numerous festivals and concerts. Dmitry signed a new contract with another American recording studio, Delos, which still publishes his albums to this day.

In 2004, Dmitry Hvorostovsky performed accompanied by a symphony orchestra on the main square of Russia, his concert was shown on national television channels.

On November 19, 21 and 22, 2009, concerts were held at the State Concert Hall, where Hvorostovsky performed in a new role, performing songs by I. Ya. Krutoy based on poems by Lilia Vinogradova. The concerts were a presentation of the new joint album by Hvorostovsky and Krutoy, “Deja Vu”. The choir of the Academy of Choral Art named after V. S. Popov and the orchestra conducted by K. G. Orbelyan also took part in the concerts.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky's disease

On June 24, 2015, an announcement appeared on Hvorostovsky’s official website about the cancellation of the singer’s performances until the end of the summer due to a brain tumor diagnosed in him.

“With great regret we must inform you that Dmitry is forced to cancel all performances until the end of August. He had recently complained of feeling unwell, and after a medical examination a brain tumor was diagnosed. However, his voice data is normal. Dmitry will begin treatment this week and is optimistic,” the message said. The singer decided to undergo treatment at the Royal Marsden Cancer Clinic in London.

At the end of September 2015, the singer resumed his concert activities, appearing on stage with Anna Netrebko at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore, where Hvorostovsky again performed the main role of Count di Luna.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky photo: Instagram

On October 29, 2015, Dmitry performed in his homeland for the first time after treatment, giving a concert “Hvorostovsky and Friends” together with the Latvian singer Elina Garanča at the State Kremlin Palace. On October 31, he performed in Moscow at the opening of the historical stage of the Helikon Opera Theater.

In December 2016, it was reported that Dmitry Hvorostovsky had problems with coordination due to oncology, as a result of which he was forced to refuse to participate in performances. “Unfortunately, I cannot appear in opera performances for the foreseeable future. I have problems with coordination due to my illness, which makes performing in productions extremely difficult. I will continue to perform and give solo concerts, as well as record in the studio. Singing is my life, and I want to continue to bring joy to people all over the world,” Hvorostovsky wrote on social networks.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky's height: 193 centimeters.

Personal life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky:

First wife - Svetlana (1959-2015), former corps de ballet dancer. They met in 1986 and got married in 1991. Dmitry adopted Maria, Svetlana's daughter from her first marriage.

In 1994, the couple settled in London (Islington), where in 1996 they had twins: a girl and a boy - Alexandra and Danila.

In 1999, the couple separated due to his wife's infidelity. One day, returning from a tour, he found his wife with a friend. In a rage, Hvorostovsky beat both of them and almost ended up in prison. As Dmitry himself explained the reasons for the breakup of the family, he does not forgive betrayal. The divorce was filed in 2001; at Svetlana’s request, in 2009 the amount of alimony and annual payments to Hvorostovsky’s ex-wife was increased by a decision of a London court. Svetlana Hvorostovskaya died suddenly in London on December 31, 2015. Daughter Alexandra is an artist, son Danila plays lead guitar in a rock band.

The second wife is Florence Hvorostovsky (before marriage - Illy, originally from Geneva), has Italian and Swiss roots. She is a pianist and singer.

In 2003, the couple had a son, Maxim, and in 2007, a daughter, Nina.

“In my first marriage I was very unhappy. When I met Flo (my second wife), I turned everything in my life upside down. Although my relatives were against it... My ex-wife protested. She and I have children together. Unfortunately or fortunately, you often have to sacrifice something for the sake of children. So I was faced with a choice: either sacrifice myself for the sake of the children and become unhappy, or choose my own happiness. I settled on the second option. But I still think that I took the right step, it was for the better,” said the singer.

Discography of Dmitry Hvorostovsky:

1990 - Tchaikovsky and Verdi Arias
1991 - Pietro Mascagni. "Rural Honor"
1991 - Russian Romances 1993 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Eugene Onegin"
1993 - Traviata
1994 - Songs and Dances of Death
1994 - Rossini, Songs of Love and Desire
1994 - Dark Eyes 1995 - Tchaikovsky, My Restless Soul
1996 - Dmitri
1996 - Russia Cast Adrift
1996 - Credo
1996 - G. V. Sviridov - “Rus' Set Away”
1997 - Giuseppe Verdi. "Don Carlos". Conductor - Bernard Haitink
1997 - Russia's War
1998 - Kalinka
1998 - Arie Antiche
1998 - Arias & Duets, Borodina
1999 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. "The Tsar's Bride". Conductor - Valery Gergiev
1999 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Iolanta"
2000 - Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge
2001 - Verdi, La traviata
2001 - From Russia With Love
2001 - Passione di Napoli
2002 - Russian Sacred Choral Music
2003 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Queen of Spades"
2003 - “Songs of the War Years”
2004 - Georgy Sviridov. "Petersburg"
2004 - Dmitry Hvorostovsky in Moscow
2005 - Songs and Dances of Death Symphonic dances
2005 - Light of birches Favorite Soviet songs
2005 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Queen of Spades", best fragments
2005 - I Met You, My Love
2005 - Verdi Arias
2005 - Moscow Nights
2006 - Portrait
2007 - Heroes and Villains
2007 - “Eugene Onegin”, conductor Valery Gergiev (Onegin)
2009 - Deja Vu
2010 - Tchaikovsky Romances
2010 - Pushkin Romances

The future opera singer was born in Krasnoyarsk. His father was a chemical engineer, and his mother worked as a gynecologist at a local hospital. However, my dad's main hobby was music. It was to her that he gave all his free time. He played the piano wonderfully, had a deep, magical baritone and collected records with recordings that were rare for that time. The Hvorostovskys' music library included Ettore Bastianini, Tito Gobbi, Fyodor Chaliapin, Maria Callas. Among his father's favorites, Dima quickly found his idols.

Noticing that the child happily supported his father’s hobby, his parents, along with a regular high school, sent him to a music school. I must say that the latter was much easier for him. The teachers saw the boy as a future pianist, and he surprised them at all when, having graduated from high school and received a disgusting reference, he applied not to a music school, but to a pedagogical school.

Dmitry Alexandrovich graduated from the choir department with honors, becoming a music teacher. And only after that he decided to get a musical education, especially since the Krasnoyarsk College of Arts during this time acquired the status of an institute.

Teachers of the new educational institution for Hvorostov characterize him as a temperamental and restless young man, who was difficult to retrain from choirmaster to soloist. “It turns out I can’t do anything?!” - the future singer seethed. Only in his third year did Dmitry begin to make the amazing progress that was expected from such a gifted musician from the very beginning.

Opera and ballet

In parallel with his studies at the institute, he began to earn a living at the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater. There, at first the young artist was given only minor roles, but after considering his talent, he was quickly promoted to soloist. Within a year of work, he became the main voice of the theater. Everyone understood that an outstanding performer was bored in the provinces, so no one was surprised when Hvorostovsky began to win awards one after another, first at the All-Russian, then the All-Union competition, and after college he reached the international level, conquering France and Wales.

But the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater was not only a launching pad for the professional activities of the future star. He also gave Hvorostovsky his true first love.

No one approved of this connection. His teacher, the talented Ekaterina Konstantinovna Iofel, more than once spoke about the corps de ballet dancer Svetlana Ivanova, using the most unflattering epithets. Beautiful, able to truly conquer talent, the girl instantly won over the still inexperienced Hvorostovsky, who was engaged in art and was not at all involved in his personal life.

He was warned: Svetlana’s first marriage did not work out because of her passions, which a woman does not know how to keep inside. Both men and women ended up in bed with Dmitry’s beloved, despite the fact that she still lived in the same apartment with her ex-husband and little daughter. But Hvorostovsky could not be stopped: his heart was burning, in the light, dark-eyed ballerina with a defenseless look, he saw a real muse.

Forgive

Having learned that Dmitry Alexandrovich had serious plans for this lady, his teacher Ekaterina Iofel even made an attempt to refuse him the house. The man was offended at first and left, proudly raising his chin, but soon returned, fell at the feet of his mentor and asked for permission to marry Svetlana, at least after studying. But who is Ekaterina Konstantinovna to interfere? “We’ll live until Monday,” answered the wise woman, believing that, having matured, Dima would cool down. But how wrong she was!

After two years of a passionate relationship with the slutty ballerina, Hvorostovsky moved her to his tiny room in a communal apartment, and also took her daughter from her first marriage, Masha.

A year later the couple got married. One day, wanting to please his beloved, Dmitry returned from tour a few days early. I bought a huge bouquet and decided that Sveta would be delighted to see it. But instead he found his wife in bed with his own friend. A cloud of darkness came over the enraged opera singer.

A fight broke out.

Everyone in their circle was whispering: this is the end. But it was not there. The young people found the strength to forgive each other, and in the early 90s, Dmitry received an invitation to work in the UK, took his family and left for London.

London

Photo by Grigory Kalachyan /ITAR-TASS/

His plans included making his wife his director, but she resolutely refused to learn the language and help her husband. She did not support his desire to develop and only wanted to enjoy social life in the strict and solemn capital of Great Britain.

Dmitry initially accepted these rules of the game: let the wife keep the hearth and go out into the world, what’s wrong with that? In 1996, the Hvorostovsky family expanded: Svetlana gave birth to twins - a boy Danya and a girl Alexandra. The singer was happy and thought that it was not in vain that he did not listen to gossip and did it his way.

However, it soon became clear that Svetlana did not become calmer after the birth of her children. There were constant scandals in the family that exhausted the artist. Due to nervousness, he developed an ulcer. To suppress physical pain and mental suffering, Dmitry became addicted to alcohol. He openly states that he really abused him in that marriage, so much so that he could have lost his job at any moment.

Divorce

But so far his concert activity has not stopped. Hvorostovsky flew to Geneva for one of his performances. There he had to perform the part of Don Giovanni with the charming 29-year-old Florence Illy. She discovered that the famous Russian baritone was also a real handsome man and went on the attack. They had a real kiss on stage. That's where she started. The sensuality of the singer of Italian-Swiss origin did not hide from Dmitry. "IM married!" - he immediately declared. "So what?" - Flo answered completely sincerely.

This woman seems to have returned her real self to Dmitry Alexandrovich. He again understood what tenderness and romance are, what love and care are, what quiet happiness and enjoyment of each other is - without quarrels and scandals.

Returning to London, the singer raised the question of divorce. Svetlana couldn’t believe it: her Dimochka, who forgave everything, put up with her for so long, gave her two beautiful kids, suddenly started talking about divorce?! She was offended and disappointed and never expected that this could happen. But it is difficult to be the wife of a genius - you need to correspond to him on the one hand and develop with him on the other. Sveta, it seems, did not cope with this task.

In a fit of rage, the woman sued him for everything he had at that time: real estate, cars, as well as huge alimony for children and her own maintenance (more than 8 million a year, if counted in rubles). But Hvorostovsky was no longer with her, and Florence was able to survive all this.

Flosha

With the advent of Flosha, as Dmitry calls her, his life began to improve. He was able to give up alcohol and become an even more famous and invited opera singer. His new wife followed him everywhere, helping, inspiring, caring. In 2003, the couple had a son, Maxim, and four years later, daughter Nina.

Florence quickly became involved in the life of the Russian singer and became his indispensable companion. In the first year of living together with Hvorostovsky, Flosha learned spoken Russian, now she travels with him around the world, and sometimes they perform together.

When Hvorostovsky’s life improved, Svetlana entered the arena again and through the court demanded that the amount of alimony be doubled. Until the end of her days, she lived off these alimony payments. In 2015, upon learning that her ex-husband had been diagnosed with cancer, Svetlana called him for the first time in 15 years. But this conversation turned out to be the last: a few months later, Svetlana Hvorostovskaya died from complications after meningitis.

It turned out that the genius’s first wife was a believer, she helped the Orthodox church in London a lot, and her departure turned out to be sensitive for the parishioners of this church. Dmitry did not abandon Svetlana’s children, and was involved in raising her eldest daughter Masha, as well as their common children - Sasha, who became an artist, and Dani, who plays music.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky was born on October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk. His parents, by the standards of the Soviet Union, had very prestigious professions: his father Alexander Stepanovich was a chemical engineer, and his mother Lyudmila Petrovna worked as a gynecologist in a hospital. But Alexander Stepanovich’s main hobby was music. The father of the young singer had a deep baritone, which Dmitry inherited, and played the piano beautifully. In the evenings, the Hvorostovsky family gathered in the living room, where Alexander Stepanovich sang with his wife, accompanying himself on the piano.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky began singing at the age of four, performing ancient romances and folk songs. His idols were Ettore Bastianini, Tito Gobbi, and Maria Callas, whose records the boy’s father collected.

When Dmitry went to a comprehensive school, which was literally in the next yard from his house, his parents decided to simultaneously send their son to learn to play the piano. Studying was difficult for Dmitry; he could not boast of good grades. In the tenth grade, the future singer was given such an unflattering description that after graduation, Dmitry preferred not to remember his school years.

After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Hvorostovsky entered the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical College in the music department. At the same time, the guy became very interested in the then fashionable style of rock music. He became the lead singer and keyboard player of the Rainbow group, which played in various styles in restaurants and clubs in Krasnoyarsk. Dmitry tried to match the image of a rocker both in appearance and behavior: he often took part in fights and often went on sprees. At one time, the future singer even wanted to quit his studies, but changed his mind and successfully graduated from college, receiving the specialty of a music teacher.

In 1982, Hvorostovsky entered the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts in the vocal department. He got into the class of the best teacher, Ekaterina Iofel, thanks to the intercession of friends, since there were simply no empty seats in Iofel’s group. The first two years of study were quite difficult. In fact, he had to be retrained from choirmaster to soloist, which greatly irritated the impatient and hot-tempered guy. In the third year, things improved, and Dmitry Hvorostovsky began to understand his teacher literally at a glance. During his studies, the student never missed Ekaterina Iofel’s classes. In 1988, the singer graduated from the Music Institute with honors.

Career

In 1985, Dmitry was invited to the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater. At first, the young soloist was entrusted with the performance of minor parts. Soon, thanks to his unique voice and incredible talent, Hvorostovsky became the main voice of the operas of Verdi, Gounod and Leoncavallo. A year later, the young opera star became a laureate first of the All-Russian Vocal Competition, and a few months later - of the All-Union Competition.

After graduating from the institute, Dmitry decided to focus on Western listeners and build his career in Europe. He actively participated in international competitions. In 1988, he visited France, making his debut on the stage of the opera house in Nice, and won an international competition held in the city of Toulouse. In 1989, the singer went to a popular international singing competition, which was held by the British television company BBC in the capital of Wales, Cardiff.

For the first time in four years, a representative of Russian opera participated in this festival. Khrovostovsky performed his favorite parts from the operas of Tchaikovsky and Verdi, which won the hearts of the audience. One of the jury members even compared the opera singer to the legendary performer. Such high marks provided Hvorostovsky with an undeniable victory and recognition throughout the world. They started talking about him abroad and began to invite him to perform at the legendary opera houses of the world.

In 1990, the singer made his debut on the stage of the New York Nice Opera Theater in the production of “The Queen of Spades” by composer Tchaikovsky. Thanks to this concert, he was noticed by the recording company Philips Classics, with which he signed a contract to record albums. In total, the company has published more than twenty records, including both the singer’s solo programs and collections of arias from operas. The album “Black Eyes,” consisting of Russian folk songs and romances, has long been one of the soloist’s most popular creations in the United States and Europe.

In 1994, Hvorostovsky moved to London, where he bought a five-story house, and a few years later received British citizenship.

Hvorostovsky continued his performances in the best opera houses in the world. Every year the singer tours around the world with his solo programs, and also participates in numerous festivals and concerts. Dmitry signed a new contract with another American recording studio, Delos, which still publishes his albums to this day.

The opera singer also does not forget about his homeland. In 2004, Dmitry Hvorostovsky performed accompanied by a symphony orchestra on the main square of Russia, his concert was shown on national television channels. The singer tours the cities of the country with programs whose themes are closely related to the history and culture of Russia.

Hvorostovsky was awarded the titles of People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Honorary Citizen of Krasnoyarsk and the Kemerovo Region.

Disease

On June 25, 2015, it became known that Hvorostovsky was temporarily suspending his concert activities until the end of August due to health reasons. A message was published on the official page of the famous opera singer that due to a serious illness, Dmitry is canceling all his performances until the end of August.

Brain tumor. It is not known for certain when exactly the artist found out about his illness, but a week before publication he was forced to cancel his performance at the Vienna Theater. The performer's voice was not damaged, but Hvorostovsky had problems with balance.

Dmitry was determined to defeat the disease.

Personal life

Dmitry met his first wife, ballerina Svetlana Ivanova, at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater. The young singer was crazy about the dancer, who at that time was divorced and raising a child on her own. This fact did not bother Dmitry at all; two years after the start of their romance, he moved her to his room in a communal apartment, and in 1989 they got married. Many of the singer’s friends and acquaintances were against this marriage, because Svetlana had a reputation as not being a very faithful girl.

The couple moved to London, where in 1996 their twins Alexander and Danila were born. Soon the couple's relationship began to crack. Svetlana refused to learn English and help her husband develop his career, because initially he planned to make her his director. The couple began to move away from each other, and the famous singer began to gradually abuse alcohol.

In 1999, Hvorostovsky met the Italian singer Florence Illy during a rehearsal. The girl instantly fell in love with the talented singer and began making attempts to get closer to him. But Dmitry was still married then and could not reciprocate the girl’s feelings. He filed for divorce in 2001. Svetlana sued her ex-husband for almost all of his property: a house in London, a car and an amount to support herself and her children in the amount of 170 thousand pounds sterling a year.

Hvorostovsky was very upset about the separation from his once beloved wife; he developed a stomach ulcer and began to have health problems. But Florence's help and support helped him recover and overcome his emerging problems with alcohol. That same year, the lovers began to live together. In 2003, the couple had a son, Maxim, and in 2007, a daughter, Nina. Florence accompanied Dmitry on his tours, sometimes they performed together at concerts.

Death

On October 11, news appeared in Komsomolskaya Pravda that. The deputy expressed condolences to the singer’s family on her Twitter account. After some time, the politician deleted the recording, but many media outlets picked up the information, reporting the death of the performer.

Later, Hvorostovsky’s director denied the information, saying that Dmitry was at home. The author of the fake note, journalist Elena Baudouin, hastened to apologize to the singer and his family. According to Elena, information about Hvorostovsky’s death was confirmed to her by insiders.

“Hvorostovsky is ALIVE! Oh, of course I’m very ashamed to say this, but it’s my fault for spreading the news about Dmitry Hvorostovsky and his supposed passing away. (...) An evil person published it on the Internet, insiders confirmed it to me, and I, like journalist, she wrote without checking for the first time in her life. God willing, let him live happily ever after and through our prayers..." Baudouin wrote on social networks.

November 22, 2017. After a long battle with the disease, the famous artist died in Switzerland at the age of 56. Poet Liliya Vinogradova reported that Hvorostovsky died at 3:36 London time. The information was confirmed by the artist’s family.

Discography

Tchaikovsky and Verdi Arias
Russian Romances
Dark Eyes
Tchaikovsky, My Restless Soul
From Russia With Love
Songs and Dances of Death Symphonic dances
Moscow Nights
Deja Vu
Pushkin Romances

Many already know that the famous opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky passed away at the age of 56. His wife and four children are mourning the untimely death of their loved one. All fans of the great artist are in deep sorrow, because such singers are rarely born.

A brain tumor caused the early death of the famous baritone, but in the photo he always looked fit and cheerful, he had an attractive appearance. The singer fought as best he could until the end. His personal life will be discussed in the article.

The personal life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky has always interested his fans; they searched the Internet for information about his wife and photos of his children.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky with his first wife Svetlana and her daughter from her first marriage

Dmitry Hvorostovsky met his first wife Svetlana Ivanova, a corps de ballet dancer, back in 1986. The young people began dating, and in 1991 they legalized their relationship. They settled permanently in London. The singer adopted a girl from Svetlana’s first marriage.

But the newlyweds’ personal life did not work out, despite the fact that in 1996 they had two children at once, twins (a girl and a boy). The couple often quarreled, and one day Dmitry found his wife with her lover.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky's second wife, Florence Illy

When Dmitry met the Italian singer Florence Illy, he was still actually married, but it was just a formal name. A romance broke out between Dmitry and Florence, but he did not want to ruin the family.

In 2001, Dmitry Hvorostovsky divorced his first wife, who requested a huge amount of alimony, and married Florence.

Dmitry with his older children from his first marriage

His personal life with his new wife was a success; the marriage produced two children. The photo shows that the son looks like his father, and the daughter looks like her mother. In 2015, Hvorostovsky’s first wife died tragically. Two children from his first marriage followed in their father’s footsteps and became musicians.

Photo: Dmitry Hvorostovsky with his wife and children from his second marriage

Childhood of Dmitry Hvorostovsky

People's Artist Dmitry Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in 1962 into an intelligent family. His parents had no professional relationship with art, but had a personal passion for music.

Dad worked as an engineer, loved to sing, had good vocal abilities, and collected a large collection of music recordings by famous singers. Most likely, his love of music and opera singing was passed on to his children.

Alexander Stepanovich’s wife worked as a gynecologist, but also loved music; in her spare time, the whole family attended concerts and theaters.

Parents of Dmitry Hvorostovsky in his youth

From the very beginning of his life, Dima was immersed in the world of wonderful sounds; he fell in love with music early on. The boy started singing at the age of two!

Childhood photo of Dmitry Hvorostovsky

His beloved grandmother helped him in this. This woman also had a beautiful voice, she taught her grandson to sing correctly.

They often sang famous fragments from operas and simply folk songs in duets. This activity served as a good lesson for the future singer.

Artist career

After graduating from secondary school, Dmitry entered the Institute of Arts, which is located in Krasnoyarsk. There he studied vocals with teacher Ekaterina Iofel. She taught the future singer openness, spontaneity, and correctly expressing his emotions. If at first Dmitry thought only about the technically correct performance of the work, so as not to forget the words, then she taught him to think about the expressive side.

Famous opera singer in his youth

After classes with Iofel, Hvorostovsky no longer needed other mentors, since she taught him the most important thing - independent control over himself, over his feelings, his voice. By the end of his studies at the university, Hvorostovsky was already an independent and outstanding opera personality. He worked at the Krasnoyarsk Opera House until 1990.

What is Dmitry Hvorostovsky famous for?

Bavarian Opera;
Theater Royal in London;
La Scala Theater in Milan;
Berlin Opera;
Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires;
Vienna Opera;
Metropolitan Opera in New York, etc.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky on stage with Anna Netrebko

The popular singer performed not only classical works. In 2009, Hvorostovsky performed at the Kremlin Palace, where he performed songs by Igor Krutoy based on poems by L. Vinogradova.

It was a presentation of a new joint album between Hvorostovsky and Krutoy. In 1990, Hvorostovsky became an Honored Artist of Russia, and five years later a People's Artist. He is the winner of many awards, was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th degree, and the Order of Alexander Nevsky. One of the asteroids is named after the singer.

Discography of Dmitry Hvorostovsky

1990 - Tchaikovsky and Verdi Arias

1991 - Pietro Mascagni. "Rural Honor"

1991 - Russian Romances

1993 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Eugene Onegin"

1993 - Traviata 1994 - Songs and Dances of Death

1994 - Rossini, Songs of Love and Desire

1994 - Dark Eyes 1995 - Tchaikovsky, My Restless Soul

1996 - Dmitri 1996 - Russia Cast Adrift

1996 - Credo 1996 - G. V. Sviridov - “Rus' Set Away”

1997 - Giuseppe Verdi. "Don Carlos". Conductor - Bernard Haitink

1997 - Russia's War 1998 - Kalinka 1998 - Arie Antiche

1998 - Arias & Duets, Borodina 1999 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. "The Tsar's Bride". Conductor - Valery Gergiev

1999 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Iolanta"

2000 - Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge

2001 - Verdi, La traviata 2001 - From Russia With Love

2001 - Passione di Napoli

2002 - Russian Sacred Choral Music

2003 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Queen of Spades"

2003 - “Songs of the War Years”

2004 - Georgy Sviridov. "Petersburg"

2004 - Dmitry Hvorostovsky in Moscow

2005 - Songs and Dances of Death Symphonic dances

2005 - Light of birches Favorite Soviet songs

2005 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Queen of Spades", best fragments

2005 - I Met You, My Love

2005 - Verdi Arias

2005 - Moscow Nights

2006 - Portrait 2007 - Heroes and Villains

2007 - “Eugene Onegin”, conductor Valery Gergiev (Onegin)

2009 - Deja Vu

2010 - Tchaikovsky Romances

2010 - Pushkin Romances

Illness and death of a famous singer

In the summer of 2015, a statement about the singer’s cancer appeared in the press for the first time. For this reason, his concerts in England and other countries were cancelled. Dmitry was found to have a brain tumor, for this reason he went to an oncology clinic in London for examination and treatment.

The singer struggled with cancer for two years.

Dmitry Malikov announced the death of the legendary opera baritone on his social networks.

Composer Dmitry Malikov was the first to report the death of the opera baritone; their mutual friend, poetess L. Vinogradova, told him about it.