Farewell to the famous baritone at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall was held on Monday, November 27, with a huge crowd of people. To say goodbye to your favorite singer came celebrities who knew him personally, as well as crowds of ordinary admirers of his talent. Politicians, businessmen, actors, cultural figures, seeing off Khvorostovsky in the last way, uttered mourning speeches over the coffin. In addition, they spoke words of support to grief-stricken members of the singer's family - his wife, children, parents. "Dima again collected a sold-out, sorry for the comparison, and this is not at all given to everyone. We all experience this loss. But his voice will continue to sound in our souls for a long time, and, of course, in the records, "said Lev Leshchenko. Composer Igor Krutoy, who was one of Khvorostovsky's closest friends, said that he had left too early. "What does it mean to leave at age 55? It means not loving your children, giving in to tenderness to parents whom he adored, to dislike his wife. To leave for such an artist with such a tremendous talent is not to finish any games. For me, contact with this talent - this is the brightest flash in my life, "- said the musician. "We are all orphaned, as fate interrupted the brightest path of an amazing talent, born in the depths of our great homeland, which very often shone on the best venues of Moscow. All Moscow mourns with us, and, of course, Dmitri will forever remain in our memory as a bright, living, dying man, "- promised the Minister of Culture of Moscow Alexander Kibovsky. "Farewell, our dear troubadour - beautiful, talented, young. How he struck us with his optimism and love of life! "- said the singer, State Duma deputy Joseph Kobzon. After that, he subjected to merciless criticism of those who did not attend the funeral. "The frightened stars of the Bolshoi and Stanislavsky Theater did not say goodbye. They were frightened, they preferred to see a memorial service on TV. And in vain, because people who sincerely loved, sitting in the room - orphaned Cool, Meladze, Eliseev, "- reproachfully noted the national artist. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets recalled the last concert of the singer in his native Krasnoyarsk, which was held in June this year. Former Commissioner for Child Rights Pavel Astakhov admitted that for 11 years of friendship with Hvorostovsky they never quarreled. The artist was ready to give his friends the last shirt, told the lawyer. The funeral manager read out telegrams with condolences from the wife of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Svetlana Medvedeva, the governors of the Orenburg and Kemerovo regions Yuri Berg and Aman Tuleyev. After parting, the coffin with the body of Khvorostovsky went to the crematorium. Ashes of the singer, according to his last will, will be buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery and in his native city of Krasnoyarsk.

Dmitry Khvorostovsky died on November 22 in London at the 56th year of life. The last two years he fought with a brain tumor.