While 2011 is still young, it’s already been a banner year for Dmitri Hvorostovsky. The great Siberian bass-baritone has been in New York, singing the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the ...

The Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky — one of the most widely respected singers in the opera world today — died Wednesday morning in London of complications from brain cancer. He was 55 years old.

MOSCOW, October 14. /TASS/. Russia’s star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky plans to celebrate his birthday on October 16 at the Old Opera in Frankfurt, just after finishing cancer treatment. Read also ...

When a singing star of Karita Mattila’s magnitude withdraws from a concert engagement on some 24 hours’ notice, most managements would scramble frantically to find a suitable replacement, especially ...

THE charismatic baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who has died aged 55, was a star of opera and one of the first major singers to emerge from Russia in the modern era. He enjoyed an international career ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It is 25 years since the unforgettable night when Dmitri Hvorostovsky won the 1989 final of Cardiff Singer of the ...

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky, a Russian baritone who was one of the most celebrated opera singers of the modern era, dazzling audiences with a voice that was by turns brooding and delicate, died Nov. 22 near ...

The Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky — one of the most widely respected singers in the opera world today — died Wednesday morning in London of complications from brain cancer. He was 55 years old.