People's Artist of Russia, opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky died in London long time suffering from cancer. The death of the singer was reported by Dmitry Malikov and Iosif Kobzon.
A terrible diagnosis - a brain tumor - was made to Dmitry Hvorostovsky, who lived in London for many years, in June 2015. When the disease became known, the artist canceled performances for two months and underwent several courses of chemotherapy in one of the cancer centers in London.
The return of Dmitry Hvorostovsky to the stage after a course of treatment took place on August 25, 2015 in New York on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. However, in December 2016, the singer's health deteriorated and he again canceled all opera performances.
Date and place of burial
A capsule with part of the ashes of the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Hvorostovsky will be buried in Krasnoyarsk, RIA Novosti was told in the Ministry of Culture of the Territory.
Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk and is an honorary citizen of the region. He died on Wednesday morning in London after prolonged illness. At the end of June 2015, he announced that he was suffering from a brain tumor.
The department said that after parting with Hvorostovsky, a cremation procedure will take place in Moscow. One capsule with ashes will be buried on Novodevichy cemetery, and the other - in Krasnoyarsk. Date of funeral hometown the artist is still unknown.
Earlier it became known that farewell to the artist will be held in the Great Hall of the Conservatory on Monday, November 27.
First marriage
The owner of such a voice was famous for being a passionate and gentle man. His first love was born on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. The first lover was the ballerina Svetlana Ivanova. But this connection was not approved by others. Svetlana was already previously married, but the reason for the breakup was her irrepressible passion for men. But Dmitry was fascinated by the dark-eyed beauty and did not listen to anyone's advice.
Dmitry's mentor Ekaterina Iofel made every effort to destroy this union. She tried to influence Hvorostovsky, refusing to communicate with him. But nothing helped. The relationship with the ballerina lasted two years, after which Dmitry moved her and her little daughter to his small room in a communal apartment. A year later, Svetlana and Dmitry got married.
The blow was not long in coming. Somehow Dmitry decided to surprise his wife and returned earlier from the tour. He bought a huge bouquet of flowers, came home and saw Svetlana in his marital bed with his close friend. Friends got into a big fight. The surrounding people considered that the relationship of the unsuccessful couple would end there. But Dmitry forgave his wife. In the early 90s, he was invited to work in the UK, and he moved his family to London.
Dmitry dreamed that Svetlana would be his support and support in everything. He wanted to appoint her as his director. But Svetlana did not want to take any part in the fate of her husband. She only wanted to devote all the time to herself and enjoy social life London. At first, Dmitry took it calmly. He believed that there is nothing wrong with the fact that the wife goes out. In 1996, the personal life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky went uphill, his wife bore him two children. The singer was very happy with his wife and children. He gave birth to twins: boy Danya and girl Sasha. Dmitry was sure that he did the right thing, not listening to gossip about his wife.
But everything turned out to be the opposite. Svetlana did not settle down and did not calm down after the birth of her children. She became nervous and scandalous. Major quarrels began to arise between the spouses in the house. As a result, the singer had an ulcer due to nerves. To relieve the pain, he began to drink.
Hvorostovsky became addicted to alcohol and because he was very worried about the current family situation. Later, he will talk about the time that he really drank so much that he could even lose his job.
Divorce
But while his concert activity did not stop. For one of the performances, Hvorostovsky went to Geneva. There he was 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. She started with him. The sensuality of the singer of Italian-Swiss origin did not hide from Dmitry. "IM married!" he immediately declared. "So what?" - quite sincerely responded Flo.
This woman seems to have returned Dmitry Alexandrovich herself, the real one.
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 issue of divorce. Svetlana could not believe it: her Dimochka, who forgave everything, put up with her for so long, gave her two beautiful babies all of a sudden he started talking about divorce? She was offended and disappointed and did not expect that this could happen. But it is difficult to be the wife of a genius - he must correspond on the one hand and develop with him on the other. Light, it seems, did not cope with this task.
In a fit of rage, the woman sued him for everything that he had at that time: real estate, cars, as well as huge alimony for children and their own maintenance (more than 8 million a year, if you count in rubles). But Hvorostovsky was no longer with her, and Florence was able to survive all this.
Second marriage - a new meaning of life
With the advent of Hvorostovsky in life, Florence acquired life new meaning. He stopped drinking, his popularity grew. He became an even more famous opera singer. Florence became a talisman for him. She followed her husband everywhere, constantly supported him in everything.
In 2003, the couple had a son, he was named Maxim, and four years later a daughter was born. Personal life, wife and children became the most important for Dmitry Hvorostovsky.
Florence completely immersed herself in Russian life. In the very first year of their life together with Dmitry, she learned Russian at a conversational level. On all the tours, all over the world, they went only together. Sometimes they performed in concerts together.
As soon as the singer's personal life improved, the old relationship surfaced again. His wife Svetlana appeared, who demanded to double the amount of alimony for her. The court approved her claims. Until the end of her days, she did not work anywhere, but lived only at the expense of these alimony.
After Svetlana found out about Dmitry's diagnosis, she called him for the first time in 15 years. It was theirs last conversation. Svetlana died before Hvorostovsky. The cause of her death was complications from meningitis. After Svetlana's death, Dmitry learned that she was very religious. She often helped temples in London. She was greatly respected by the parishioners for this.
Dmitry did not leave Svetlana's children after her death. He continued to help them. His daughter from his first marriage became an artist, and his son became interested in music.
In 2015, misfortune came to the family. Dmitry is seriously ill. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Regular chemotherapy brought relief for a short time. The singer was forced to suspend his tour, many concerts had to be abandoned. Even in the summer of this year, his performances were to take place, but the state of health did not allow the plans to be realized.
Children
A happy father with children (from left to right): Maria (daughter of the singer's first wife, whom he adopted), 21-year-old Danila and 21-year-old Alexandra (children from their first marriage with ballerina Svetlana Ivanova), 10-year-old Nina, in the second row - 15 year old Maxim.
All four of the singer's own children live in London, they maintain friendly relations with each other. Since the divorce from his first wife was scandalous and painful, Hvorostovsky rarely sees the twins from his first marriage. They still live in the British capital with Svetlana and occasionally attend the singer's rehearsals.
In an interview, the singer avoids the topic of communication with children from his first marriage, calling it very painful. But the singer's wife Florence and the singer's children support him with might and main. They not only attend concerts and rehearsals, but also often accompany Dmitry on tour. The singer is proud that Maxim and Nina already speak three languages!
He tries to raise children in love and does not even raise his voice to them. As the singer admitted in an interview, now he is striving to get home as soon as possible so that the whole family is together. Next to children, an expressive and irritable man with a complex character becomes tender and sentimental. And once Dmitry even cried when he heard his daughter Ninochka sing. The singer calls his children very talented and artistic. Who knows, maybe they will follow in the footsteps of a famous father!
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, the main hobby of the pope was music. It was to her that he gave his all free time. He played the piano wonderfully, had a deep magic baritone voice and collected records with rare records for that time. The Hvorostovskys' music library included Ettore Bastianini, Tito Gobbi, Fyodor Chaliapin, Maria Callas. Dima quickly found idols among his father's favorites.
Noticing that the child was happy to support 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 given to him much easier. The teachers saw the boy as a future pianist, and he surprised them in no way when, after graduating high school and having received a disgusting characterization, he submitted documents not to School of Music, but in pedagogy.
Dmitry Alexandrovich graduated from the choral faculty with honors, becoming a music teacher. And only after that he decided to get musical education, especially since the Krasnoyarsk College of Arts during this time acquired the status of an institute.
Teachers of the new for Hvorostovsky educational institution characterize him as a temperamental and restless young man who was difficult to retrain from a choirmaster to a soloist. “I don’t know how to do anything?!” - the future singer boiled. Only by the third year did Dmitry begin to make those amazing successes that were expected from the very beginning from such a gifted musician.
Opera and ballet
In parallel with studying 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 parts, but having considered his talent, he was quickly promoted to soloist. For a year of work, he became the main voice of the theater. Everyone understood that an outstanding performer in the provinces was bored, so no one was surprised when Hvorostovsky began to take awards one by one, first at the All-Russian, then at the All-Union Competition, and after the institute he went international, having conquered France and Wales.
But the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater was not only a launching pad for professional activity future star. He also gave Hvorostovsky a real first love.
Nobody approved of this relationship. His teacher, the talented Ekaterina Konstantinovna Iofel, spoke more than once about the corps de ballerina Svetlana Ivanova, using the most unflattering epithets. A beautiful, able to truly conquer talents, the girl in no time rounded up the still inexperienced Hvorostovsky, who was engaged in art and did not deal with his personal life at all.
He was warned: Svetlana's first marriage did not work out because of her passions, which a woman cannot 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 on fire, in a 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 from the house. The man was offended at first and left, proudly throwing up his chin, but soon returned, fell at the feet of the mentor and asked to be allowed to marry Svetlana at least after graduation. But who is Ekaterina Konstantinovna to hinder? "Let's live until Monday," she replied. wise woman, believing that, having matured, Dima will cool down. But how wrong she was!
After two years of a passionate relationship with a dissolute ballerina, Hvorostovsky moved her to his tiny room in a communal apartment, and also took her daughter Masha from her first marriage.
A year later, the couple got married. Once, wanting to please his beloved, Dmitry returned from a tour a few days earlier. I bought a huge bouquet, I decided - Sveta would be delighted with his appearance. But instead he found his wife in bed with his own friend. Turbidity found on the enraged opera singer.
A fight broke out.
In their circle, everyone whispered: here it is, the end. But it was not there. 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
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 first accepted these rules of the game: let the wife keep the hearth and go out, what's wrong with that? In 1996, the Hvorostovsky family replenished: 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 own way.
However, it soon became clear that Svetlana did not become calmer after the appearance of children. There were constant scandals in the family that exhausted the artist. On nervous grounds, he had an ulcer. To suppress physical pain and mental suffering, Dmitry became addicted to alcohol. He openly declares that in that marriage he really abused, so much so that at any moment he could lose his job.
Divorce
But while his concert activity did not stop. For one of the performances, Hvorostovsky flew to Geneva. There he was 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. She started with him. The sensuality of the singer of Italian-Swiss origin did not hide from Dmitry. "IM married!" he immediately declared. "So what?" Flo answered with perfect sincerity.
This woman seems to have returned Dmitry Alexandrovich herself, the real one. 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 issue of divorce. Svetlana could not believe it: her Dimochka, who forgave everything, put up with her for so long, gave her two beautiful kids, suddenly he himself started talking about a divorce ?! She was offended and disappointed and did not expect that this could happen. But it is difficult to be the wife of a genius - he must correspond on the one hand and develop along with him on the other. Light, it seems, did not cope with this task.
In a fit of rage, the woman sued him for everything that he had at that time: real estate, cars, as well as huge alimony for children and their own maintenance (more than 8 million a year, if you count 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. new wife followed him everywhere, helping, inspiring, caring. In 2003, the couple had a son, Maxim, and four years later, a daughter, Nina.
Florence quickly became involved in the life of a Russian singer and became his indispensable companion. In the very first year life together with Hvorostovsky, Flosha learned colloquial Russian, now she travels the world with him, and sometimes they perform together.
When Hvorostovsky's life improved, Svetlana again entered the arena and, through the court, demanded to double the amount of alimony. Until the end of her days, she lived off these alimony. In 2015, upon learning that ex-husband 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 from complications after meningitis, Svetlana Hvorostovskaya died.
It turned out that the first wife of a genius was a believer, she helped a lot Orthodox church in London and her departure was sensitive for the parishioners of this temple. Dmitry did not abandon children from Svetlana, and was engaged in raising her eldest daughter Masha, as well as their common children - Sasha, who became an artist and Dani, who is engaged in music.
Dmitry Alexandrovich, born October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk, died November 22 in London (Great Britain).
FAMILY
Dmitry's father - Alexander Stepanovich Hvorostovsky, a chemical engineer - loved to sing and played the piano, in addition, he collected large collection recordings of world opera stars. Mother - Lyudmila Petrovna Hvorostovskaya, worked as a gynecologist in the hospital.
The first wife of Dmitry is Svetlana (1959-2015), a corps de ballerina. Dmitry met her in 1986 and married in 1991, adopting Maria, a child from Svetlana's first marriage. In 1994, the couple settled in London (Islington), where they had twins - daughter Alexandra (born 1996) - an artist and son Danila (born 1996) - plays solo guitar in a rock band. In 1999, the couple separated. The divorce was filed in 2001, at the request of Svetlana in 2009, the amount of alimony and annual payments of Hvorostovsky ex-wife was increased by the decision of the London court. Svetlana Hvorostovskaya died suddenly in London on December 31, 2015.
The second wife of Dmitry is Florence Hvorostovsky (before marriage - Illy), originally from Geneva. The couple had a son, Maxim, in 2003, and a daughter, Nina, in 2007.
Photo: Facebook / Dmitry Hvorostovsky
EDUCATION
Dmitry graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical College named after A.M. Gorky and the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Arts in the class of Professor E.K.
CAREER
In 1985-1990 Dmitry Alexandrovich was a soloist of the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre.
After winning the 1989 International Competition opera singers in Cardiff since 1990 has 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) -Ayres), Metropolitan Opera (New York), Lyric opera in chicago, Mariinskii Opera House Petersburg, Moscow theater "Novaya Opera", opera stage Salzburg Festival. Since 1994 he has lived in London.
Photo: Facebook / Dmitry Hvorostovsky
CENTRAL PARTS IN OPERAS
Eugene Onegin - "Eugene Onegin" (P. Tchaikovsky)
Yeletsky - "The Queen of Spades" (P. Tchaikovsky)
Dirty - "The Tsar's Bride" (N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Germont - "La Traviata" (D.Verdi)
De Luna - "Troubadour" (D.Verdi)
Rodrigo - "Don Carlos" (D.Verdi)
Rigoletto - "Rigoletto" (D.Verdi)
Ricardo - "Puritans" (V.Bellini)
Alfio - "Rural Honor" (P. Mascagni)
Silvio - "Pagliacci" (R. Leoncavallo)
The Count - The Marriage of Figaro (W. A. Mozart)
Don Juan, Leporello - "Don Juan" (W. A. Mozart)
Figaro - " barber of seville"(D. Rossini)
Alfonso - "Favorite" (G. Donizetti)
Belcore - "Love Potion" (G. Donizetti)
Valentine - "Faust" (Ch. Gounod)
Photo: Facebook / Dmitry Hvorostovsky
DISCOGRAPHY
1990 - Tchaikovsky and Verdi Arias
1991 - Pietro Mascagni. "Country Honor" Philips
1991 - Russian Romances
1993 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Eugene Onegin". Philips
1993 - Traviata, Kiri Te Kanawa, 2CD
1994 - Songs and Dances of Death
1994 - Rossini, Songs of Love and Desire
1994 - Dark Eyes
1995 - Tchaikovsky, My Restless Soul
1996 - Dmitry
1996 - Russia Cast Adrift
1996 - Credo
1996 - G. V. Sviridov - "Departed Rus'"
1997 - Giuseppe Verdi. "Don Carlos". Conductor - Bernard Haitink. Philips
1997 - Russia's War
1998 - Kalinka
1998 - Arie Antiche
1998 - Arias & Duets, Borodina
1999 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. "The Royal Bride" Conductor - Valery Gergiev. Philips
1999 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Iolanta". Philips
2000 - Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge, 1CD
2001 - Verdi, La traviata DVD
2001 - From Russia With Love,
2001 - Passione di Napoli
2002 - Russian Sacred Choral Music, 7CD
2003 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "The Queen of Spades". RCA
2003 - "Songs of the War Years", DVD
2004 - Georgy Sviridov. Petersburg. Delos
2004 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Moscow DVD
2005 - Songs and Dances of Death Symphonic dances
2005 - "The Light of Birches": Favorite soviet songs. CD
2005 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky. "Queen of Spades", the best fragments. Delos
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 2CD + DVD
2010 - Tchaikovsky Romances 2CD
2010 - Pushkin Romances
TITLE AND AWARDS
1989 - Winner of the International Singing Competition in Cardiff (UK).
1990 - Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
1991 - State Prize RSFSR in the region musical art- for the performance of the leading parts of the classical opera repertoire at the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater in 1988-1990.
1991 - Prize of the Trade Unions in the field of artistic creativity.
1995 - National artist Russian Federation.
2000 - Honorary citizen of the city of Krasnoyarsk.
2006 - Honorary citizen of the Kemerovo region.
2012 - Awarded the Opera News Award.
2015 - Order of Alexander Nevsky.
2015 - Honorary citizen of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
2015 - Medal of Honor "For merits in the protection of the children of Russia" - for personal contribution to the protection of children
2017 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree - for a great contribution to development national culture and arts, means mass media, many years of fruitful activity.
n/a - Inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame.
In honor of D. A. Khvorostovsky, the asteroid (7995) Hvorostovsky, discovered by astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on August 4, 1983, is named.
Dmitry also supported young ensembles, such as the Baltic Symphony Orchestra.
Recorded with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra vocal cycle"Songs and Dances of Death" by Modest Mussorgsky and the opera "The Tsar's Bride" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov (the part of Grigory Gryazny).
He performed works by G. V. Sviridov.
In November 2009, concerts were held at the State Kremlin Palace, where Hvorostovsky performed in a new role, performing songs by Igor Krutoy to the verses of Lilia Vinogradova. The concerts were the presentation of a new joint album Hvorostovsky and Krutoy "Deja Vu". The choir of the Academy also took part in the concerts. choral art and an orchestra conducted by Konstantin Orbelyan.
LAST YEARS OF LIFE
On June 24, 2015, an announcement appeared on Hvorostovsky's official website announcing the cancellation of the singer's performances until the end of the summer due to a brain tumor diagnosed in him. The singer decided to undergo treatment at the Royal Marsden Cancer Clinic in London.
At the end of September 2015, the singer resumed concert activity, taking the stage with Anna Netrebko at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore, where Hvorostovsky again performed main party Count di Luna. During the period of ongoing treatment, in one of the interviews, the singer stated that he did not believe in God, but “ afterlife no and cannot be.
On October 29, 2015, for the first time after a course of treatment, Dmitry performed in Russia, giving a concert "Hvorostovsky and Friends" together with the Latvian singer Elina Garancha 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 the fall of 2016, in order to undergo a course of chemotherapy, the singer canceled his performance in the play "Simon Boccanegra", which was supposed to premiere on September 30 on stage Vienna Opera. At the end of the course of treatment, on his birthday, October 16, the singer performed on the stage of the Old Opera in Frankfurt. Scheduled for December 7 and 10 debut performances of the singer in Bolshoi Theater in Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" were canceled at the insistence of doctors. Nevertheless, the singer's plans included the concerts "Hvorostovsky and Friends" with Marcelo Alvarez on December 14 in Moscow at the Kremlin Palace and on December 18 in St. concert hall"October". Further concerts of Hvorostovsky in Krasnoyarsk on December 22 and Yekaterinburg on December 28 were postponed due to pneumonia and hospitalization in a clinic in St. Petersburg.
On May 27, 2017, the singer performed at a concert in St. Petersburg dedicated to the City Day, and on June 2, with an injured shoulder, he performed at the Big Concert Hall of Krasnoyarsk, after which the artist was awarded the title of honorary citizen of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
November 22, 2017 at social network Twitter singer Dmitry Malikov announced the death of Hvorostovsky. The entry was deleted from Malikov’s account 20 minutes later, but later Malikov said in an interview with RIA Novosti that he received information about Hvorostovsky’s death from the poetess Lilia Vinogradova, “who was very close to him and who was there with him. She wrote me that he died at 3.36 am London time.”
I didn't mean to be a newsmaker with this sad, tragic news. It was just emotions, sorry ..
Dmitry Malikov (@DmitryMalikov)
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the most famous opera singers in the world. contemporary scene. His dramatic baritone intoxicates and bewitches, the intonations of his vocal parts make their way to shiver. The singer's track record includes a huge number of awards and titles: People's Artist of the Russian Federation, winner of the Glinka Honorary Prize, winner of the Opera News Award - international award awarded for contribution to the art of opera.
Dmitry Hvorostovsky - biography
- Birthday: October 16, 1962 (aged 54)
- Place of birth: Krasnoyarsk
- Height: 193 cm
- Weight: 88 kg
- Zodiac sign:
- Scales Eastern horoscope: Tiger
- Occupation: opera singer
Dmitry Hvorostovsky, who was born into an intelligent family from Krasnoyarsk, received his first music lessons back in early childhood. His father, a chemical engineer, always cherished the love of singing in his heart. As Dmitry himself recalled, Hvorostovsky Sr. had a beautiful deep baritone. In addition, the boy's father knew how to play the piano perfectly, and therefore music always sounded in the house of the Hvorostovsky family. In the personal collection of Alexander Stepanovich (namely, that was the name of the father of the future singer) there were many rare records. Among them were albums by Tito Gobbi, Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Ettore Bastianini, Fyodor Chaliapin, Mario Lanza… It is not surprising that Dmitry fell in love with the classics at a young age.
As Hvorostovsky's relatives noted, for the first time he decided to sing at the age of four. Soon little Dima Together with his father, he began to master the piano and soon entered a music school without any problems. It is noteworthy that the first teachers saw in the boy a future great pianist, and not an opera singer at all. Concerning secondary school Well, things didn't go so well here. IN senior class Dmitry was written such a devastating characterization that he preferred to forget school years like a bad dream.
Many advised him to enter the Krasnoyarsk School of Arts, where they are engaged in cutting musical talents since the beginning of the 20th century. However, unexpectedly for everyone, Dmitry chose the local Pedagogical School. Gorky, which was considered less prestigious, and was much further from his home. Here the future singer received the specialty of a music teacher. At the same time, he began to get involved in newfangled musical directions including hard rock.
For some time, Dmitry Hvorostovsky performed with a semi-amateur musical group, and then decided to apply to the Krasnoyarsk College of Arts, which at that time acquired the status of an institute and became known as the Krasnoyarsk state institution arts. The young man aspired to get into the class of Ekaterina Iofel, a world-famous teacher who brought up more than one future genius of opera singing. Under the guidance of this sensitive woman, Dmitry studied the features of operatic vocals for several years. As the musician himself admitted, he carried the advice and instructions of the institute teacher through his whole life.
Dmitry Hvorostovsky began his career as an opera singer on the stage of his native Krasnoyarsk, at the local Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he performed from 1985 (he started in his third year at the institute) to 1990. Soon he became a recognized star of the Krasnoyarsk stage and appeared in almost all major productions. State Theater opera and ballet: The Queen of Spades, Iolanthe, La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Eugene Onegin, Faust, Pagliacci.
Soon, Hvorostovsky's talent was also noted outside his native Krasnoyarsk. In 1987 he won All-Russian competition vocalists, and a few months later - already the All-Union Competition of Vocalists. M. Glinka, which took place in Baku.
Soon Hvorostovsky began to tour a lot in Russia and other republics. Soviet Union. Debuted in 1988 young singer and on the European stage - Dmitry Hvorostovsky performed the part of Yeletsky from the production of The Queen of Spades on the stage of the Nice Opera House. In the same year, the jury of the international competition in Toulouse gave the Russian performer the main prize.
But that was only the beginning. In 1989, Dmitry Hvorostovsky received the Grand Prix of the Cardiff Voices international competition. From that moment on, the whole of Europe started talking about the young opera singer. Hvorostovsky destroyed stereotypes about what an opera singer should look like: an athletic body in a neat tuxedo and an ashy mane of hair even brought him a place in the ranking of the most beautiful people world according to People. By the way, Dmitry's hair turned gray very early - the genes "fell out" so much.
Further Russian performer received engagements in world famous opera houses. His voice sounded from the stage of the Berlin and Bavarian State Opera, London Royal Theater Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, New York's Metropolitan Opera. At home, the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater, the Moscow Theater " New Opera and the State Kremlin Palace.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky became the first opera singer to give solo concert on the Red Square. This performance, which marked the beginning of a large tour of the cities of Russia, was broadcast on live 25 countries of the world. Dmitry was accompanied by the Russian State Academic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Konstantin Orbelyan.
Personal life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky
There were two main women in the life of a famous opera performer. The first wife of Dmitry - Svetlana Ivanova - was a ballerina of the Krasnoyarsk theater. Their acquaintance took place in 1986, and three years later the couple legalized their relationship, although Hvorostovsky's teacher urged him not to do this. The singer even adopted Svetlana's child from his first marriage. And in 1996, the couple became parents twice - the "royal couple" was born, the twins Alexander and Danila.
Outwardly, the marriage seemed calm, but in 2001, after 15 years of marriage, it broke up due to Svetlana's betrayals. According to some information, Hvorostovsky almost got on trial because of a fight with his first wife's lover. Under the terms of the divorce, the woman was entitled to annual payments of $190,000, as well as luxury home in London. In 2009 ex-wife the singer filed a lawsuit in order to increase the amount of alimony and won the case - from now on, Dmitry had to pay the ex-wife 195 thousand pounds a year. In February 2016, Svetlana died of meningitis and acute sepsis.
The second wife of Dmitry Hvorostovsky was the singer Florence Illy (now Hvorostovsky), half Italian, half French.
She brought new colors to Dmitry's life, pulling him out of the hopeless abyss of sadness after breaking up with Svetlana. For the sake of her lover, the girl learned Russian. The singer's family accepted her as their own. In 2003, their common son Maxim was born, and four years later, the lovers had a daughter, named Nina.
Illness of Dmitry Hvorostovsky
Terrible news overtook Dmitry Hvorostovsky in the spring of 2015. Even the most dedicated fans did not notice the change in voice and appearance the singer, but Dmitry understood that something was happening to him: sudden bouts of dizziness, problems with coordination, hearing and vision - everything signaled a terrible illness. Doctors confirmed the fears by diagnosing him with a tumor of the hypothalamus.
Hvorostovsky began the most difficult course of treatment, refusing to operate. Every day he spent several hours on chemotherapy. The therapy soon gave a positive result, although it is too early to talk about a complete remission.
Today, Dmitry Hvorostovsky continues to fight the plague of the 21st century - oncology. In 2016, he performed at the festival " New wave"Together with Anna Netrebko, Lara Fabian and other stars of the world stage. In October, he went on a major tour of Germany with a repertoire of works by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Borodin and Verdi, but leading role in the opera "Simon Boccanegra" (Vienna) he refused because of the next course of chemistry. However, the artist claims to be full of strength and optimism.
When Dmitry Hvorostovsky was still a child, he was already predicted fame. But in the distant past, no one suspected that he would conquer the whole world. Today he is famous, he has many fans. How did his life unfold? Why did he decide to develop his vocal talent?
Family of Dmitry Hvorostovsky
This one was born great person in Krasnoyarsk in 1962, October 16. His parents worked for prestigious Soviet time positions. My father was a chemist, and my mother worked as a doctor in the gynecological department of a local hospital. From childhood, it became clear that Dmitry Hvorostovsky would not follow in the footsteps of his parents. His biography is very interesting and full of wonderful facts. As a child, he began to show interest in music, loved to listen to his father's records. Singing talent was discovered in the boy at the age of 4. He sang old songs and romances with pleasure. Dmitry inherited a wonderful voice from his father. In the evenings, the family organized home concerts. Dad, along with mom, sang and played the piano, the son often took part in this.
School years
Dmitry studied at regular school. She was near the house. Parents decided to send the child to study in parallel in music school in piano class. He couldn't play it at all. musical instrument. The ratings were bad. Yes and with school bench left with an unflattering characterization of Hvorostovsky. The biography says that he was neither an excellent student nor an exemplary student. The singer does not like to remember and talk about this period of his life.
Getting an education
After school, he went to enter the pedagogical school at the music department. At that time, he became interested in rock - new for Soviet youth musical style. Unexpectedly, he got into the group "Rainbow" as a keyboardist and soloist. The team performed in restaurants and local clubs.
Dmitry really wanted to be like a real rocker, not only externally, but also internally. He constantly got into fights, rowdy and hooligans, missed college, going on a spree with his friends by passion. Sometimes he had a desire to quit school and live for his own pleasure, but something held him back. Dmitry somehow graduated from college and became a music teacher.
In 1982 he entered the faculty of vocal Hvorostovsky. The biography says that the guy got on a course with the best teacher not by chance. His future teacher, Katerina Iofel, had already recruited a group. But thanks to the connections and acquaintances of Dmitry's parents, they took him into the group.
At first it was hard to study. The first two courses were devoted to retraining the student to be not a choirmaster, but a soloist. He was constantly irritable and impatient. After two years, he liked studying. After all, now Hvorostovsky understood his teacher perfectly. The biography tells about the fact that the quick-tempered and restless student never missed the couples that E. Iofel conducted. And in 1988 he graduated from the institute and received his red diploma of higher education.
First steps to fame
Student Dmitry in 1985 received an invitation to work at the Opera and Ballet Theater in his native Krasnoyarsk. He was offered to perform minor parts. But very soon Dmitry went on promotion and began to sing in the first voice. He performed Verdi and Tchaikovsky, Leoncavallo and Gounod. The young singer, after a year of performances on the stage of the theater, first becomes the laureate of the All-Russian Vocal Competition, and a few months later - the All-Union.
world star
After graduating from the institute, the singer decided that a career should be built in Europe. He began to take part in various vocal competitions international class. First European international competition, in which he decided to show his talent, was held in France. There he won the Grand Prix.
The next competition, which interested Dmitry, was organized by the Air Force. It was carried out in Wales. It should be noted that for the first time among the participants of this festival, Hvorostovsky performed his favorite operas by Tchaikovsky, Verdi, conquered the audience. The biography says that one of the jury members even compared him with Pavarotti himself. Participation in the festival and victory brought him recognition, the whole world started talking about the Russian opera singer.
By 1990, Hvorostovsky had become one of the world's most legendary opera singers. He was invited to participate in the production of " Queen of Spades» according to Tchaikovsky to the theater of New York. His voice was very much liked by the representatives of the Philips Classics recording company. Dmitry was offered to sign a contract, he agreed. At the studio, Hvorostovsky recorded more than 20 albums. Especially popular in the USA (and in Europe too) was the album "Black Eyes", which consisted of romances and folk songs.
In 1994, the opera singer moved to London. Here he first buys huge mansion 5 floors, and later receives a British citizen's document.
The singer constantly tours the world and takes part in concerts, festivals, performs solo with his program. He is a star. Best opera houses invite him to perform on their stages. Do not forget Hvorostovsky and home country. In 2004, he performed on the main Moscow square and sang to Symphony Orchestra. He was awarded the title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation".
Meeting with the future wife
His first wife was the ballerina Svetlana Ivanova. The singer met her back in Krasnoyarsk, while working at a local theater. Dmitry immediately fell in love with a woman and decided to win her heart. Young man it didn’t bother me that Sveta had already been married in the past and was raising a child alone. Their romance lasted two years, and after that the guy moved his beloved to his communal apartment. Soon they played a wedding.
Years later, the family moved to live in London. Here in 1996, Hvorostovsky's wife gave birth to twins: Sasha and Daniel. Almost immediately, their relationship deteriorated. Light did not want to teach foreign language, and she devoted little time to her husband, did not seek to help with her career. Every day they moved away, feelings faded away. Hvorostovsky began to seek solace in alcoholic beverages.
In 1999, at a rehearsal, the singer met the Italian Florence Illy. She was a singer. The girl fell in love with Dmitry at first sight. But he did not respond to feelings. After all, he was married and had not yet thought about a divorce, dreaming that relations with his wife would improve.
In 2001, he filed for divorce. Hvorostovsky's wife sued almost all of the singer's property, and also achieved 170 thousand pounds of annual maintenance for the children and herself. The singer was very worried about the divorce; Hvorostovsky drowned his broken personal life in alcohol. he got worse every day. But the singer didn't seem to notice. Soon, due to worries and constant alcohol intake, he developed an ulcer. And only Florence was there. It was she who brought the singer back to life and supported his desire to cope with alcohol addiction. The woman helped improve Hvorostovsky's health and forced him to start a new life.
New love
At some point, Dmitry realized how dear Florence was to him. Soon the lovers began to live together, later legalized their relationship. In 2003, they had a son, who was named Maxim. After 4 years, Dmitry becomes a father again. Florence gave him a daughter, Nina.
This woman became the faithful companion of the opera singer. She traveled with him around the countries, sometimes performed at his concerts.
Terrible diagnosis
In the early summer of 2015, it became known that Hvorostovsky's poor health was the reason for the cancellation of all his concerts until the end of August. The fans were worried. What could happen to their idol?
A week before the cancellation of the concert in Vienna, the singer did not feel very well. I turned to the doctors. After examination, I found out terrible diagnosis Dmitri Hvorostovsky: a brain tumor requiring immediate treatment. The disease progressed. The singer's voice has not changed yet, but he has serious problems with a sense of balance.
Fighting disease
Dmitry - very strong man. Relatives and friends are sure that he can overcome the Hvorostovsky tumor. His friend told a story that gave hope for a speedy recovery of the legendary opera singer. Sometime in the past, Dmitry was told that he would have two wives and many children, they prophesied world fame and applause from happy listeners. The fortuneteller mentioned terrible disease and how he can handle it.
As it turned out after the examination, Hvorostovsky did not suddenly fall ill. The tumor appeared a long time ago, but for a long period of time it did not develop and did not manifest itself in any way. Dmitry, having gathered all his will into a fist, tuned in to cope with the disease at all costs.
Hvorostovsky's treatment was carried out in London. He visited the doctor daily and carried out clearly all the appointments. And the disease began to recede.
The opera singer returns to the stage. He plans to hold his concert at the Tchaikovsky Theater on Triumfalnaya Square.
