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Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (born 1962)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2017 · November 22
Their story
Who they were
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky was a Russian operatic baritone. He came to international prominence in 1989 when he won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. He was awarded the People's Artist of Russia honorary title in 1995 and died of brain cancer in London.
Early life
Early life and education 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 Hvorostovsky, was a war veteran suffering from alcoholism. [ 1 ] His father, an engineer, and his mother, a gynecologist, both had extremely time-consuming careers and were often only around on the weekends and holidays. [ 2 ] ^ Francine du Plessix Gray (22 September 2003).
Why this date
Dmitri Hvorostovsky appears on our November 22 calendar for 2017 as a death entry.
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November 22 2017.
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