Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Alexandrovich Chworostowski ( internationally known in English transliteration as Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian Дмитрий Александрович Хворостовский, scientific transliteration Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovskij; born October 16, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union ) is a Russian opera singer in the vocal range baritone.

Career

Hvorostovsky studied in Krasnoyarsk singing and debuted at the local state opera house as Marullo in Verdi's Rigoletto. International attention was Hvorostovsky, as he 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World competition won - before actually favored Bryn Terfel. His debut outside Russia took place in the same year held in Nice, where he was in The Queen of Spades on the stage.

From then on, Hvorostovsky commitment to the most renowned opera houses in the world had: At the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, he sang the role of Eugene Onegin in the eponymous opera by Tchaikovsky - a role he designed particularly successful according to many critics. Also at the Metropolitan Opera, at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, he was heard in various roles and see.

Family

Hvorostovsky is married in second marriage with a female singer and has a total of four children.