Hvorostovsky beat his wife and her lover half to death. The secret life of Hvorostovsky

Dmitry Hvorostovsky received in this life everything that an opera singer can dream of: fame, wealth, four children, invitations to sing in the best opera houses the globe. About this in the article "Dmitry Hvorostovsky: biography, interesting facts."

Hvorostovsky is one of the most famous opera singers on the contemporary stage. A handsome man, a favorite of women, a friend of Placido Domingo, the late Luciano Pavarotti, Anna Netrebko, Igor Krutoy.

Dmitry Alexandrovich was born on October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk. Profession: opera singer. singing voice: dramatic baritone. Instruments: piano. Genres: opera, romance.

In honor of D.A. Khvorostovsky named asteroid (7995) Khvorostovsky, discovered by astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on August 4, 1983.

• Winner of the International Singing Competition in Cardiff (Great Britain);
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR;
• State Prize of the RSFSR in the region musical art;
• National artist Russian Federation;
• Honorary citizen of the city of Krasnoyarsk;
• Honorary citizen of the Kemerovo region;
• Awarded with the Opera News Award;
• Honorary Citizen of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Height - 193 cm, weight - 90 kg, Libra.

What allowed this talented singer achieve global success? Let's see how everything developed, how Dmitry Alexandrovich's path to success went.

Childhood

Dima was born and raised in an intelligent family. Father is a chemical engineer, mother is a doctor. Hvorostovsky became an opera singer thanks to his father. Father - Alexander Stepanovich loved to sing, played the piano. In addition, he collected large collection recordings of world opera stars.

With parents

Dima has been surrounded since childhood classical music and opera arias. At the age of four, he began to reproduce them quite accurately. Thus, he began to get used to classical music already in early childhood. He received his first piano lessons from his father, then entered a music school.

Start

The teachers predicted him a career as a pianist. However, the guy entered the pedagogical school, and began to master modern musical directions including hard rock.

He performed as part of a youth group, tried himself as a vocalist. Having received the specialty of a music teacher, Hvorostovsky entered the vocal department of the Krasnoyarsk College of Arts, which by that time had been transformed into an institute.

E.K. became Hvorostovsky's teacher. Yofel, whose lessons the famous singer still remembers with gratitude.

In the photo with the teacher E.K. Yofel

Even before receiving a diploma, Dmitry began to perform in symphony concerts, to take part in productions of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater, and since 1985 he was enrolled in its troupe.

Confession

After winning in 1989 the International Competition of Opera Singers in Cardiff (Great Britain), he has engagements in the best opera houses in the world: the Royal Theater of Convent Garden (London), the Bavarian state opera, Munich State Opera, Berlin State Opera, La Scala Theater (Milan), Vienna State Opera,

Colon Theater (Buenos Aires), Metropolitan Opera (New York), Lyric Opera in Chicago, Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, New Opera Theater in Moscow, opera stage Salzburg Festival. Since 1994 lives in London.

Personal life: two women

Svetlana

In 1989 he married corps de ballet dancer Svetlana Ivanova, who already had a daughter from her first marriage.

With his first wife Svetlana Ivanova

Friends tried to dissuade him from marrying Svetlana, a woman with a "dubious reputation", but he did not pay attention to various rumors about his beloved, he did not listen to anyone. big love means it was! For him, there were no other women, except for his beloved Svetlana: he carried her in his arms, showered her with bouquets of flowers.

In 1994, the couple settled in London, where in 1996 they had twins - Alexander and Danila.

But family happiness did not last long - one day, returning from a tour ahead of time, Hvorostovsky found his wife and her lover in an intimate scene. Oh, and they got it: in a rage, he beat them both.

The couple separated in 1999 and filed for divorce in 2001. When dividing the property, Svetlana took everything for herself: a house, an apartment, cars and 170 thousand pounds sterling a year for maintenance.

Ten years after the divorce, Svetlana again sued ex-husband, demanding in connection with his increased income to increase the annual content.

Now Hvorostovsky pays former family twice as much as before, namely 340 thousand pounds sterling - this is just over 17 million rubles a year. Under the terms of the contract, Hvorostovsky would stop paying for her maintenance if she remarried.

Florence

The second wife is of Italian and Swiss origin, pianist and singer Florence Hvorostovskaya (before marriage - Illy, originally from Geneva).

Dmitry Hvorostovsky himself admitted more than once in an interview that at some point he began to relax with the help of alcohol, but it was Florence who returned sobriety, light, romance, tenderness into his life. In 2003, the couple had a son, Maxim, in 2007, a daughter, Nina.

Florence not only learned colloquial Russian, but also read all of Dostoevsky and Chekhov in the original.

Disease

Hvorostovsky's stage partners did not notice any changes in the singer's appearance or voice, and meanwhile his health was getting worse and worse. Dmitriy developed frequent dizziness, coordination of movements deteriorated, problems with vision and hearing appeared.

As a result of the examination, the diagnosis was made: a tumor of the hypothalamus. Thank God that they discovered this at an early stage of the disease!

“You know, before my illness, I seemed to feel that I should get sick: I developed apathy, a very black perception of the world appeared, not perception, not joy, not enjoying my work.

I was very tired, pessimistic and did not like to live anymore. Like I already felt it. Therefore, naturally, when you begin to fight the disease, you begin to perceive life in a different way and you want to survive.”

On June 24, an announcement appeared on Hvorostovsky's official website announcing the cancellation of the singer's performances until the end of the summer in connection with a brain tumor diagnosed in him.

The singer decided to undergo treatment at the Royal Marsden Cancer Clinic in London, whose specialists have extensive experience in treatment. In agreement with the doctors, conservative therapy was chosen.

Return to the stage

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.

White roses at the feet of Dmitry Hvorostovsky from the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera, as a sign of admiration for the singer, who emerged victorious from the battle with the disease. This was Hvorostovsky's first performance after a course of treatment for brain cancer.

“I'm glad it all went well. I was in a normal state, in a normal form. And, of course, huge public support! The incredible support and love of the public inspired me doubly more .. "

Why gray hair?

Dmitri Hvorostovsky: “My hair is naturally gray. Genes, you know. On my mother's side. My mother became gray-haired at the age of twenty-something, and I began to gray almost from the age of seventeen.

Fortune teller's prediction

A colleague of Hvorostovsky on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk Opera Theater recalls that in her youth a gypsy woman foretold Dmitry fame, success, two wives and many children. And also that he will become seriously ill, but he will be able to cope with the disease and live to old age. It looks like everything is coming true!

Music in the soul since childhood

Dmitry Hvorostovsky is a world-famous opera singer with a magnificent dramatic baritone.

His parents were not directly related to music, but his father always dreamed of being a musician, even though he was a chemical engineer by profession. He himself had a beautiful voice with a beautiful timbre.

He played the piano beautifully, and in general, a musical atmosphere always reigned in the family. In addition, my father had a magnificent collection of recordings of world opera performers. Together with their mother, they loved to perform romances for family friends in a duet.

Dmitry tried his hand at singing at the age of four. Soon he was sent to a music school to learn to play the piano. He showed himself as a capable musician and performer.

When it came time to enter a higher educational institution, the teachers urged him to apply to the Krasnoyarsk College of Arts.

This is where the future is educated. professional musicians. Dmitry, on the other hand, made a rather strange choice, deciding to enter a teacher's college in the music department. The choice was incomprehensible also because the university was geographically far from home.

During his studies, Dmitry became interested in hard rock and began performing as a soloist in one of the youth groups. But this period did not last long.

Soon he realized that classical music would become the main thing in his life. It was then that he entered the university to which he was sent at the very beginning. He became a student of the vocal department.

Touring life of Dmitry Hvorostovsky

A huge contribution to its formation, as opera singer was introduced by the teacher Ekaterina Iofel. He carried her advice throughout his life.

Soon he began to actively tour, performing famous opera parts.

When he was in his third year, he was invited to become a soloist at the Opera and Ballet Theater in Krasnoyarsk. And fate in the fourth year, he began to prepare for participation in competitions.

He graduated with honors from the Institute of Arts and in 1988 won the Grand Prix at an international competition held in the French city of Toulouse.

And a year later he was waiting for international recognition. This time can be considered the start of his career as an opera singer.

At a competition in Cardiff in Wales, he received the title of " Best Singer peace." It must be said that this competition did not involve any other places at all, except for the 1st.

In 1990, Dmitry was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. Soon he began to receive offers from the world's best opera houses.

In 1994, Dmitry decided to settle in England and took British citizenship. Since then he has lived in London. However, he is not often at home, as he tours a lot.

Over the following years, his career developed rapidly. He worked on himself on his own, without the help of teachers, being able to analyze his own mistakes and achieve filigree performance.

Opera vocalists rarely work without teachers, so Hvorostovsky is a unique phenomenon in this regard.

His repertoire was constantly expanding. At the same time, he quite often refused certain lucrative contracts and offers if he felt that they did not correspond to his inner world. For him, the philosophical understanding of the opera part has always been important.

Dmitry does not forget about Russia and often comes here with performances.

Tenor's personal life

Dmitry is currently married for the second time. His first wife was a corps de ballerina, with whom they worked together in the theater. Her name was Svetlana Ivanova, and she already had a daughter from her first marriage.

Young people got married in the 89th year, together they went to live in London.

In 1996, they had twins, Danila and Alexandra. Now they are adults. Sasha became an artist, and Danila became a musician, he plays in a rock band.

Unfortunately, Dmitry's first marriage broke up in 1999 because of his wife's names.

Once, returning from a tour, Dmitry found an unambiguous scene at home, got into a fight with an opponent, and even almost fell under a criminal case.

The couple filed for divorce in 2001. Svetlana Hvorostovskaya died suddenly in London on December 31, 2015.

In 1999, Dmitry met a pianist and singer Florence Illy. She became his second wife.

Florence managed to become a faithful companion, learned to speak Russian, was able to establish friendly relations With ex-wife and with her husband's children.

She gave birth to Dmitry two children. In 2003, the son Maxim was born, and in 2007 the daughter Nina.

Recently, Dmitry had a serious test. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was forced to cancel all concerts for the summer of 2015.

The doctors' forecasts were optimistic, and after the first stage of treatment, Dmitry returned to the stage. All his fans hope that he will be able to finally cope with the disease and become completely healthy again.

UPD: On the afternoon of November 22, 2017, the Hvorostovsky family published in social network Facebook statement, which said that " after a two and a half year battle with brain cancer, he died peacefully this morning, November 22, with his family near his home in London».

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Dmitry Hvorostovsky died at the age of 55, Florence Hvorostovsky remained a widow - a 47-year-old beauty, half Italian, half French by birth. They met in 1999, he was still married, but on the verge of divorce, she was free. A significant meeting took place on the stage of the theater, Dmitry played the part of Don Juan, she played the role of one of his girlfriends. Florence Illy immediately laid eyes on the handsome, gray-haired Russian hero. Talented, temperamental, stately, well-built.

With his first wife, Dmitry Hvorostovsky had very difficult relationship, as a result of which he even became addicted to alcohol, slowly destroyed himself, did things that he remembered with shame much later. It is possible that the majority creative people prone to self-destruction, alcohol abuse. Some, like Dmitri Hvorostovsky, speak openly about it, and some hush up their problems with the green serpent. Here I look at this handsome man, who would live and live, but he died at the peak of his popularity, died in the prime of his life. Stress certainly contributes to illness, outwardly polished and successful, but inside broken and let misfortunes happen to him even before he met Florence Illy, before the birth of Max and Nina's children, but the self-destructive mechanism was launched a long time ago.

The first wife of Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Svetlana, died in 2015, at that time she already knew about the illness of her ex-husband, the couple even managed to reconcile, although for long years managed to spoil a lot of blood to each other. Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Svetlana had twins in 1996 - daughter Alexander and son Daniel. In addition, Svetlana has a daughter from her first marriage - Maria, she was Dmitry, like her own daughter.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky was a staunch atheist. And I admire this man, if only for the fact that before his death he did not rush to be baptized, go to church, confess, take communion, get married, kiss the icons and relics of miracle workers, did not go to holy places. This courage is not to indulge yourself with thoughts that they are waiting for us in the other world, that there will be a second chance to fix something. Dmitri Hvorostovsky believed that there is nothing after death. He was honest not only with others, but also with himself. Prayers do not help with brain cancer, even if you pray with the whole world ...

Flosha, as Dmitry Hvorostovsky called his second wife, was a ray of light in his life. It was this woman who saved him from drunkenness, gave him a second chance to become happy, successful, in demand, became a muse, wife, lover, mother. For the sake of her beloved, she mastered English and Russian, learned how to cook borscht and make dumplings, left the stage, and devoted herself entirely to her family. She had no choice, the only way she could give her beloved a sense of a reliable rear, Florence herself could achieve a lot, she had all the data for this, but love turned out to be more important for her. At 47, she was left a widow, with two children in her arms: 14-year-old son Max and 10-year-old daughter Nina. For two years, Dmitry Hvorostovsky struggled with his illness, brain cancer, but the disease won.

With son Max.

In the photo with his wife Florence and children: daughter Nina and son Max.

And in this photo are the parents of Dmitry Hvorostovsky: father Alexander (chemical engineer) and mother Lyudmila (gynecologist).

On the right in the photo are the parents of Dmitry Hvorostovsky.

With Luciano Pavarotti.

As a child, Dmitry Hvorostovsky was like that.

With son Max.

Dmitry Alexandrovich, born October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk, died November 22 in London (Great Britain).

A FAMILY

Dmitry's father - Alexander Stepanovich Hvorostovsky, a chemical engineer - loved to sing and played the piano, in addition, he collected a large collection of recordings of the stars of the world opera scene. 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 to his ex-wife was increased by a decision of a 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. Iofel, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, student of M. N. Rioli-Slovtsova, wife of the outstanding Russian tenor P. I. Slovtsov.

CAREER

In 1985-1990 Dmitry Alexandrovich was a soloist of the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

After winning in 1989 the International Competition of Opera Singers in Cardiff, since 1990 he has engagements in the best opera houses in the world: the Royal Theater Covent Garden (London), the Bavarian State Opera (Munich State Opera), the Berlin State Opera, the La Scala Theater (Milan). ), the Vienna State Opera, the Colon Theater (Buenos Aires), the Metropolitan Opera (New York), the Lyric Opera in Chicago, the Mariinsky Theater of St. Petersburg, the New Opera Theater in Moscow, the opera stage of the Salzburg Festival. Since 1994 he has lived in London.

Photo: Facebook / Dmitry Hvorostovsky

CENTRAL PARTS IN OPERAS

Eugene Onegin - "Eugene Onegin" (P. Tchaikovsky)
Yeletsky - " Queen of Spades» (P. Tchaikovsky)
Dirty - " royal 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 - The 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 Russia"
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 - "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 of the RSFSR in the field of musical art - for the performance of the leading parts of the classical opera repertoire in Krasnoyarsk State theater opera and ballet 1988-1990.
1991 - Prize of the Trade Unions in the field of artistic creativity.
1995 - People's Artist of the 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 the development of national culture and art, the media, and 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 Orchestra Mariinsky Theater 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 the new joint album of Hvorostovsky and Krutoy "Deja Vu". The choir of the Academy of Choral Art and the orchestra conducted by Konstantin Orbelyan also took part in the concerts.

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 his concert activities, taking the stage with Anna Netrebko at the New York Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore, where Hvorostovsky again performed the main role of Count di Luna. During the period of ongoing treatment, in one of the interviews, the singer said 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 spoke in Moscow at the opening historical scene theater "Helikon-Opera".

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. Petersburg in the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall. 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.

On November 22, 2017, singer Dmitry Malikov announced the death of Hvorostovsky on the social network Twitter. The entry was deleted from Malikov's account 20 minutes later, but Malikov later 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 to 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)