What happened to Dmitri Hvorostovsky?
Death. Hvorostovsky died on 22 November 2017 in London of brain cancer, which had been diagnosed over two years earlier.
When did Hvorostovsky die?
November 22, 2017
Dmitri Hvorostovsky/Date of death
When was Hvorostovsky diagnosed?
Mr. Hvorostovsky announced the diagnosis in June 2015 and died in a hospice facility near his London home. A favorite of audiences thanks to his alluring voice and heartthrob presence, Mr.
Who is Dmitri Hvorostovsky wife?
Florence Illim. 2001–2017
Svetlana Hvorostovskayam. 1989–2001
Dmitri Hvorostovsky/Wife
When did Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s hair turn white?
30s
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.
When was Dmitri Hvorostovsky last performance?
May 2017
Hvorostovsky’s final Met performance came in May 2017, when, despite suffering from his brain tumor, he made a heroic surprise appearance at the company’s 50 Years at Lincoln Center gala, to the thrill of the audience, the company, and all his fellow artists.
How tall is Hvorostovsky?
6′ 4″
Dmitri Hvorostovsky/Height
What does Dmitri mean?
In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Dmitri is: Earth-lover. Of Demeter. Demeter is the mythological Greek goddess of corn and harvest. She withdraws for the part of the year her daughter Persephone must spend with the god of the underworld – the reason for winter.
When was Dmitri Hvorostovsky born?
October 16, 1962
Dmitri Hvorostovsky/Date of birth
What does follower of Demeter mean?
Demetrius means “a follower of Demeter” who was the Greek god of agriculture and fertility. In Ancient Greek “de” meant Earth and “meter” meant mother, so the name Demeter literally meant “Earth Mother”.