Dmitry Khvorostovsky

Dmitry Khvorostovsky is the kind of artist who makes me wish I had heard him live. A baritone out of Siberian Krasnoyarsk who became a global opera figure, decorated as a People's Artist of the Russian Federation, he carried both technical command and a striking stage presence. What moves me most is the arc cut short, he died in 2017 at just fifty-five after a brain tumour, yet kept performing with remarkable courage near the end. To me he represents the gravity of the Russian operatic tradition, a voice that bridged Soviet roots and the world's great stages without losing its distinct character.

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Name (English)

Dmitry Khvorostovsky

Name (Japanese)

ディミトリー・ホロストフスキー

Reading

でぃみとりー・ほろすとふすきー

Born

October 16, 1962 – November 22, 2017

Origin

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Occupation

opera singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• People's Artist of the Russian Federation
• Order of Alexander Nevsky
• Merited Artist of the RSFSR
• Medal of Honor "For merits in the protection of children of Russia"
• 1991 Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR
• honorary citizen of Kemerovo Oblast
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

• Official sitehttps://hvorostovsky.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hvorostovsky/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Hvorostovsky
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333201

Tags

• opera singer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.