What happened to Hvorostovsky?

Hvorostovsky died on 22 November 2017 in London of brain cancer, which had been diagnosed over two years earlier. A service was held in Moscow on 27 November. Hvorostovsky was cremated and some of his ashes were buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, and the rest in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk.

When did Hvorostovsky hair turn white?

His hair having turned prematurely white in his early 30s, Hvorostovsky cut a unmistakable figure on the opera stage. He needed no wig to portray the patrician Verdi characters such as Boccanegra or Germont and there was a distinctly old-fashioned quality about his stand-and-deliver projection to an admiring audience.

Is Dmitri Hvorostovsky still alive?

Deceased (1962–2017)
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When was Hvorostovsky diagnosed cancer?

June 2015
Mr. Hvorostovsky announced the diagnosis in June 2015 and died in a hospice facility near his London home.

When did Dmitri Hvorostovsky die of brain cancer?

Hvorostovsky died on 22 November 2017 in London after a two-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer.

Where did Dmitri Hvorostovsky live most of his life?

Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia during a time when the city was mostly closed to foreigners. An only child, he was raised mostly by his grandmother and a grandfather who, according to Dmitri, was a war veteran suffering from alcoholism.

Who was Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Eugene Onegin?

“The world of music loses with him one of its most beloved and respected figures,” the theater said in a statement. Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Onegin in ‘Eugene Onegin’ at the Royal Opera House in London on Dec. 16, 2015. Alastair Muir / Rex Features via AP Images

What kind of voice does Dmitri Hvorostovsky have?

He was one of People magazine’s 50 most beautiful people, a rare occurrence for a classical musician. His high, medium-weight voice had the typical liquid timbre of Russian baritones.