Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (October 16, 1962 – November 22, 2017) was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 1989, he won the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition. After his critically acclaimed debut as Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades at the Opéra de Nice, he went on to perform on some of the world's most prestigious stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, La Scala, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the Salzburg Festival. He also performed at venues across Australia and South America. Many contemporary…