How Dmitry Hvorostovsky lived and died. "He was our national pride"

On the death of the greatest opera singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky. To the last, everyone refused to believe in this - journalists, artists, friends, fans of the famous baritone. It is not surprising, because just a month ago, Hvorostovsky was already "buried" by journalists, mistakenly spreading the news of his death. Later, they apologized to the singer's family, but one fact turned out to be irrefutable - cancer takes Dmitri Hvorostovsky's last strength.

In 2015, the singer announced his serious illness: he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the same time, as the artist’s friends noted, it was impossible to assume that he was sick: tour schedule Hvorostovsky was packed for months ahead, he looked cheerful, was in good shape.

Hvorostovsky underwent chemotherapy and even tried to return to the stage, but most of the scheduled performances had to be canceled one after another. Hvorostovsky simply did not have the strength.

The media reported on dire consequences oncology, which the artist faced, they wrote that he was losing his sight, that he could not walk. There were rumors that Hvorostovsky might even lose his amazing voice. The singer denied all the terrible news about his health to the last - he was sure that he would be able to return to the stage.

He lived in London, turned to the best European specialists for help. But, unfortunately, the fight turned out to be unequal - a terrible disease took the life of the artist beloved by many. The sad news has already been confirmed by his family.

As the co-chairman of the Union of Patients of Russia, neurologist Yan Vlasov, previously told Life, tumors of the central nervous system, tumors of the head, especially those located in the skull, very difficult to diagnose. Until the doctor "feels" it himself, there is always the possibility that the diagnosis is actually different.

There are cases when the tumor "hangs" for years, and then one fine day it grows three times, and the person can die, he added.

Surgical oncologist Konstantin Titov spoke about the most common and most aggressive brain tumor - glioblastoma. Usually it is this type of neoplasm that quickly and mercilessly takes human lives.

As the doctor said, unfortunately, malignant tumors are almost always in the initial stages. are asymptomatic. Especially - education in the brain.

Despite the fact that the brain is a small organ, it has a small free space, - said Konstantin Titov. - Most often, the tumor grows in it, pushes the brain tissue apart. When headaches, dizziness, blurred vision or gait appear, these are already large and, most likely, inoperable tumors.

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Your bright and generous talent, amazing capacity for work and boundless respect for your listeners have allowed you to achieve the heights of performing skills, gain fame as one of the outstanding baritones of our time, the website of the President of the Russian Federation said.

Hvorostovsky unconditionally deserved the recognition and love of art connoisseurs from all over the world, the head of state noted. Undoubtedly, today a large army of admirers of the great artist mourns with the singer's family.

Official sources said that Dmitry Hvorostovsky died - the cause of death is already known to his many fans. The biography of the opera performer was very rich and eventful interesting facts He was known all over the world.

Two years ago, Dmitry was diagnosed with a terrible diagnosis - brain cancer. Singer for a long time fought with cancer, but, unfortunately, the treatment did not work, and on November 22, 2017, the artist died in London in his country house.

In 2015, fans learned that Dmitry Hvorostovsky was diagnosed with a terrible diagnosis - brain cancer. Doctors strongly recommended that the artist perform as little as possible and rest more. Dmitry did not want to give up performances, but nevertheless the singer got worse, because of which he had to cancel several scheduled concerts.

From the very beginning of treatment, Hvorostovsky sincerely believed in his healing, and continued to enjoy life, although brain cancer caused a serious deterioration in well-being.

How the artist struggled with a dangerous diagnosis

Today, the biography and cause of death are being actively discussed. famous singer because he died at night.

As friends and relatives of the artist say, Dmitry has been visiting hospitals very often in the past few weeks, as his health has deteriorated significantly, and the disease has progressed. Last year it was especially difficult for the singer, he was very upset by his illness, and was depressed.

The singer's relatives claim that the last few weeks before his death, Dmitry tried to avoid any meetings with them, and was more often alone.

Some time ago, photos appeared on the Internet where Dmitry looks happy, hugging his family. But fans noticed that during the period of illness he had aged a lot and began to look very tired. Nevertheless, the singer did not give up until the last moment and struggled with his illness.

Even when the disease worsened, Dmitry did not lose hope of defeating the tumor. For this reason, the artist did not cancel, but postponed all his performances and concerts. Hvorostovsky gave everything free time procedures in the hospital, as well as restorative therapy, but, unfortunately, the treatment did not give positive dynamics.

Death of a famous artist

As it became known, Dmitry Hvorostovsky died at 3:36 at night. On this moment the biography of the singer and the cause of death are the most discussed topics, because millions loved him.

Some time ago, on October 11 of this year, an announcement about the death of the artist appeared on the Internet, but this information was not confirmed. Today, the singer's relatives and friends confirmed the fact of Hvorostovsky's death.

An entry from the family of the deceased appeared on the official Facebook website, which states that Dmitry died at the age of 55 from brain cancer.

Two years of fighting oncology did not give any result, the tumor increased and led to the death of the artist. The record says that the singer died near his home in London, and before his death, his whole family was next to him.

Biography of an opera performer

Dmitry Alexandrovich Hvorostovsky was born in 1962 in the city of Krasnoyarsk, it was there that he graduated from a regular school, and then entered a pedagogical school.

After the singer graduated from the faculty of choral singing, he was able to enter the Institute of Arts, where he received new knowledge. The artist's parents early age taught Dmitry to opera music, therefore, already at school, Hvorostovsky knew who he would become in the future.

Childhood

Dmitry's father was a chemist by education, but Alexander had an excellent voice and was very fond of music.

All his life, Dmitry's father taught his son to music, often sang and even knew how to play the piano. In Hvorostovsky's house early childhood played classical music, to which parents taught Dmitry from the first days of his life.

From childhood, parents taught Dmitry to classical music.

At the age of four, the artist first tried to sing an excerpt from the aria, and hit the notes almost perfectly. It was then that his father decided to teach Dmitry to play the piano.

A few years later, Hvorostovsky went to study at a music school, where he successfully played the piano, the teachers were sure that Dmitry would have a bright future, but at that time everyone saw him as a music performer. However, the artist preferred to sing in the choir, and he liked this activity more than playing the instrument.

As Dmitry himself said, he studied very poorly in a regular school, they wanted to expel him several times for poor progress. When the long-awaited certificate was received, the singer was able to continue his path to success without being distracted by school classes in the evenings.

Musical career

When Dmitry was in his third year at the school, he was invited to take part in the troupe of the Krasnoyarsk Opera House. After just a few weeks of work, the singer was taken to perform solo parts in productions and leading roles. Often Dmitry took part in competitions for young performers, and won prestigious awards in them.

At first, Hvorostovsky gave concerts in London, but later he was invited to Russian cities, most often concerts were held at the Mariinsky Opera House. This is the first Opera singer, who was able to perform on Red Square, but Dmitry himself preferred to perform directly at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

Personal life

The first wife of Dmitry was the ballerina Svetlana Ivanova, he met her in his hometown. In 1996, the artist had two twins, but the marriage broke up just three years after the birth of the kids, as Dmitry found out about his wife's infidelities.

Later, the singer had new love, the girl's name was Florence Illy, some time after the start of the relationship, the couple got married, and Florence gave birth to Dmitry two children.

Soon, the artist was diagnosed with a brain tumor, it was operable, but he refused surgical intervention. According to the media, the death of Dmitry Hvorostovsky came on the night of November 22, 2017.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk on October 17, 1962 in a house where silence rarely came. In the collection of his father, a chemical engineer who could not imagine his existence without music, there were the rarest records of Enrico Caruso and Maria Callas, Titto Gobbi and, of course, recordings of the Russian genius Fyodor Chaliapin, which cost a fortune in those years.

Barely born, Dmitry Hvorostovsky was immersed in a charming atmosphere. He played the piano beautifully and sang one of the people closest to him - the one who shaped the personality of a musician in him. We are talking about the father, Alexander Stepanovich, who instilled in his son a love for beauty and, above all, for music and singing.

D. Hvorostovsky's parents. Early 60s…

And little Dima sang. He did this, shocking his parents, as soon as he was 4 years old. At first, the father was taken aback, and then carefully invited the baby to the family heirloom - the piano, showing him the simplest chords ...

Dmitry looked at this black-and-white, endless, like life, palette of keys for a long time, and then ... carefully and accurately repeated the chord.

The doors to the music school were open! And his teachers, subdued by the talent of the kid, saw in him, rather, the future Mozart, rather than the young Soviet Chaliapin.

As is often the case with truly gifted people, success in music school were strikingly different from the successes in the general education school. Great baritone reminisced about school years reluctantly.

But here he called last call and the young man faced the question of choosing a profession!

He was predicted to enter the Krasnoyarsk School of Arts - the regional Mecca, from the walls of which many wonderful musicians and singers came out, but - in spite of everything! - Dmitry ... took the documents to the pedagogical department, where he mastered the specialty of a music teacher.

Those were the 70s, when the Beatles had already died down, and there was a craze for hard rock in fashion, which was imbued with young Hvorostovsky, organizing performances as part of one of the "underground" rock groups.

However, the difficult period hard rock” lasted a very short time in his life. Realizing that his vocation would be classical music, Hvorostovsky entered the vocal department, where the very fateful meeting with the teacher Ekaterina Konstantinovna Ioffel, the legend of the Soviet and Russian opera, which gave a "start in life" to more than a hundred opera singers. One of them was her most famous and talented student Dima Hvorostovsky.

Like Dmitry Alexandrovich, Ekaterina Konstantinovna passed away in 2017, being almost 40 years older than her student.

In his native Krasnoyarsk, on the stage of the Opera and Ballet Theater, Dmitry Hvorostovsky's professional start took place. For those who heard this heartfelt - causing awe, shock, trembling! - a baritone, it was quite obvious that the owner of this magnificent voice would not linger in the outback.

It will not be enough for him both Moscow and Leningrad. After all, Dmitry Hvorostovsky (which, of course, he could not have guessed in those years) would become a world-class figure. In the meantime, the artistic management of the Krasnoyarsk Opera will provide young specialist an opportunity rarely given to aspiring opera singers.

His baritone will sound in almost all significant productions of 1985-1990. In Krasnoyarsk he will perform the main opera parts in The Queen of Spades and Faust, Eugene Onegin and La Traviata, Pagliacci, Iolanthe.

Just two years after the start professional career he will become not just a winner, but a triumphant of the M. Glinka All-Union Vocal Competition.

Its leaders, they knew, could not help but foresee that reaching the level of the all-Union competition would mark the beginning of a completely different round of the career of the gifted young singer. But even they could not imagine that in a year, enchanted by the voice of Hvorostovsky, the audience would applaud the best venues Europe.

With the part of Yeletsky, he will brilliantly perform on the stage of the Opera House in Nice, and the luminaries international competition in Toulouse will be so impressed by the performance Soviet singer that without any hesitation they would give him the Grand Prix.

What is the phenomenon of Dmitry Hvorostovsky? He conquered not only unique voice, but also in a special manner of performance, where the deepest penetration was combined with genuine masculinity and beauty. A beautifully built young man with a piercing ashy mop of hair, dressed in a tuxedo that fits perfectly on him, was doomed to worldwide recognition and success.

For Dmitry Hvorostovsky, there were no closed scenes. Having lived his life outside of time and space, being, thanks to the talent sent down from above, beyond any political conflicts, he sang on the stage of Milan's La Scala. He was idolized by pragmatic Americans after a resoundingly successful performance at the Metropolitan Opera, he conquered Covent Garden, the legendary royal theater in London.

And, of course, he was always loved, always appreciated in his homeland, in Russia, where he was eagerly awaited both in his native Krasnoyarsk and in other cities. Tickets for Hvorostovsky were swept away in the first days of sales! In Moscow, not only the doors of the Kremlin Palace were open to him.

Remember! After all, it was Dmitry Hvorostovsky who was the first to give a concert on Red Square on the eve of his grandiose all-Russian tour. Can you give an example of a speech by at least one Russian artist, which would be broadcast on the air at once by 25 (twenty-five!) countries?

I don't remember something. Was Hvorostovsky happy family life? Only he himself could answer this question, but if you cross this line and invade the sphere where the intimate, personal begins, then his life could be compared with a dramatic vicissitudes, where, as you know, there is happiness, but, sometimes, have to sip grief.

Back in 1989, he became the husband of the ballerina of the Krasnoyarsk Theater Svetlana Ivanova, whose child Dmitry accepted and loved as his own.

Don't do it... Believe me good women men never leave, - Ekaterina Konstantinovna Ioffel, his teacher, tried to reach him.

But he already loved, and he loved, as if singing, heartfelt and heartfelt. But, alas, not everyone could appreciate it. Svetlana couldn't... they parted, parted badly, after 15 years of living together, overcoming - it would seem! - all points of return to parting.

Dmitry Alexandrovich was very upset by the betrayal, as well as the forced separation from the twins dear to his heart - Sashenka and Daniil.

He left, giving now ex-wife what she demanded before parting, and ended up in the abyss of the deepest depression, in a kind of black tunnel, from which, it seemed, there was no way out ...

Thus ended this beautiful, slightly strange marriage. And now it seems that he sincerely loved, and Svetlana simply allowed herself to be loved by a person who was admired by millions of people around the world.

Dmitry will outlive Svetlana by only a year and a half. She will pass away in 2016. Cause of death? Acute meningitis... sepsis. Is it by chance?

Years will pass, and Florence will appear - a woman who will help restore Hvorostovsky's life, only at first glance, irretrievably lost colors. And again children's laughter will delight Dmitry, returning from a lifelong tour.

Maxim, who was born in 2003, and also Ninochka, who appeared at star couple four years later.

Confusion and longing will cover legendary singer again in early 2015, when he feels painfully weak, he realizes that bouts of dizziness are not at all a consequence of fatigue caused by continuous exhausting tours.

The dazzling light of the spotlights, these rays of glory that shone for him all his life, will suddenly go out overnight - right at one of the performances! - as a result of a temporary loss of vision ... He will not fall silent, his voice will not tremble, Hvorostovsky will cope with internal panic and ... continue to sing in the dark.

Having given a crushing battle to his illness, struggling with all possible means, including yoga, with the pain that was caused by the murderous chemotherapy, Dmitry Hvorostovsky lived for another two and a half years. Only in the most extreme situations did he refuse to speak. The “most extreme” were those periods when it was required to take another course of chemistry ...

He will once again return to his native Krasnoyarsk, where it all began, shortly before his death. He will return to, overcoming weakness and pain, go on stage and bow low to the viewer of those places where the amazing began - but what is there! - a fantastic aria of a lifetime.

Many of those leaving the auditorium will weep. People will see not only the beloved artist, the greatest opera singer of our time, but also the results of his desperate struggle, in which, unfortunately, the disease began to win.

This fall, Dmitry Hvorostovsky had the opportunity to read his own obituary. Our colleague from a respected federal publication hastened to report his death without checking the information ...

We believed until the last that a miracle would happen, that folk love, which can also work wonders, will not allow him to leave the way Alexander Abdulov, Mikhail Zadornov and many more wonderful Russian artists left, who were carried away by the monstrous oncology pandemic.

But it didn't happen. And today, the Russian Planet online publication mourns deeply along with those who now still refuse to believe that Dmitry Alexandrovich is no longer with us.

D. Hvorostovsky's parents. Early 60s…

Dmitry looked at this black-and-white, endless, like life, palette of keys for a long time, and then ... carefully and accurately repeated the chord.

The doors to the music school were open! And his teachers, subdued by the talent of the kid, saw in him, rather, the future Mozart, rather than the young Soviet Chaliapin.

As is often the case with truly gifted people, success in music school was strikingly different from success in general education school. The great baritone recalled his school years with reluctance.

But then the last bell rang and the young man faced the question of choosing a profession!

Those were the 70s, when the Beatles had already died down, and there was a craze for hard rock, which young Hvorostovsky imbued with, organizing performances as part of one of the "underground" rock groups.

However, the "hard period of hard rock" did not last long in his life. Realizing that his vocation would be classical music, Hvorostovsky entered the vocal department, where the very fateful meeting with the teacher Ekaterina Konstantinovna Ioffel, the legend of Soviet and Russian opera, who gave a “start in life” to more than a hundred opera singers, took place. One of them was her most famous and talented student Dima Hvorostovsky.

Like Dmitry Alexandrovich, Ekaterina Konstantinovna passed away in 2017, being almost 40 years older than her student.

It will not be enough for him both Moscow and Leningrad. After all, Dmitry Hvorostovsky (which, of course, he could not have guessed in those years) would become a world-class figure. In the meantime, the artistic management of the Krasnoyarsk Opera will provide the young specialist with an opportunity that is rarely awarded to any of the beginning opera singers.

His baritone will sound in almost all significant productions of 1985-1990. In Krasnoyarsk, he will perform the main opera parts in The Queen of Spades and Faust, Eugene Onegin and La Traviata, Pagliacci, Iolanthe.

Only two years after the start of his professional career, he will become not just a winner, but a triumphant of the All-Union Glinka Vocal Competition.

Its leaders, they knew, could not but foresee that reaching the level of the all-Union competition would mark the beginning of a completely different round in the career of a gifted young singer. But even they could not imagine that in a year, enchanted by the voice of Hvorostovsky, the audience of the best venues in Europe would applaud.

With the part of Yeletsky, he will brilliantly perform on the stage of the Opera House in Nice, and the luminaries of the international competition in Toulouse will be so impressed by the performance of the Soviet singer that they will give him the Grand Prix without any hesitation.

What is the phenomenon of Dmitry Hvorostovsky? He conquered not only with a unique voice, but also with a special manner of performance, where the deepest penetration was combined with genuine masculinity and beauty. A beautifully built young man with a piercing ashy mop of hair, dressed in a tuxedo that fits perfectly on him, was doomed to worldwide recognition and success.

For Dmitry Hvorostovsky, there were no closed scenes. Having lived his life outside of time and space, being, thanks to a talent sent down from above, outside of any political conflicts, he sang on the stage of Milan's La Scala. He was idolized by pragmatic Americans after a resoundingly successful performance at the Metropolitan Opera, he conquered Covent Garden, the legendary royal theater in London.

Remember! After all, it was Dmitry Hvorostovsky who was the first to give a concert on Red Square on the eve of his grandiose all-Russian tour. Can you give an example of a performance by at least one Russian artist who would be broadcast on the air at once in 25 (twenty-five!) countries?

I don't remember something. Was Hvorostovsky happy in family life? Only he himself could answer this question, but if you cross this line and invade the sphere where the intimate, personal begins, then his life could be compared with a dramatic vicissitudes, where, as you know, there is happiness, but, sometimes, have to sip grief.

Back in 1989, he became the husband of the ballerina of the Krasnoyarsk Theater Svetlana Ivanova, whose child Dmitry accepted and loved as his own.

Don't do this... Believe me, men never leave good women, - Ekaterina Konstantinovna Ioffel, his teacher, tried to get through to him.

Dmitry Alexandrovich was very upset by the betrayal, as well as the forced separation from the twins dear to his heart - Sashenka and Daniil.

He left, giving the now ex-wife what she demanded before parting, and ended up in the abyss of the deepest depression, in a kind of black tunnel, from which, it seemed, there was no way out ...

Dmitry will outlive Svetlana by only a year and a half. She will pass away in 2016. Cause of death? Acute meningitis... sepsis. Is it by chance?

Years will pass, and Florence will appear - a woman who will help restore Hvorostovsky's life, only at first glance, irretrievably lost colors. And again, children's laughter will delight Dmitry, who is returning from a lifelong tour.

Maxim, who was born in 2003, and also Ninochka, who appeared with the star couple four years later, will rejoice at the return of their father.

Confusion and melancholy will seize the legendary singer again at the beginning of 2015, when he feels painful weakness, realizes that the attacks of dizziness are not at all a consequence of fatigue caused by continuous exhausting tours.

This fall, Dmitry Hvorostovsky had the opportunity to read his own obituary. Our colleague from a respected federal publication hastened to report his death without checking the information ...

We believed to the last that a miracle would happen, that people's love, which can also work miracles, would not allow him to leave the way Alexander Abdulov, Mikhail Zadornov and many more wonderful Russian artists left, carried away by a monstrous oncology pandemic.

But it didn't happen. And today, the Russian Planet online publication mourns deeply along with those who now still refuse to believe that Dmitry Alexandrovich is no longer with us.