In Moscow in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall passed farewell to the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Khvorostovsky. At the homeland of the singer in Krasnoyarsk at this time there was a live broadcast of the mourning ceremony.
To say goodbye to the artist came actors, singers, musicians, conductors, friends and statesmen. The guests expressed their condolences to the native singer who arrived in Moscow - his wife Florance and the children Maxim and Nina, the parents of Dmitry Khvorostovsky Lyudmila Petrovna and Alexander Stepanovich. By tradition, applause sounded - the last for an artist on this earth. Hvorostovsky was applauded for 10 minutes. The hall was filled with songs performed by the singer and the Academic Great Choir "The Master of Choral Singing", directed by Lev Kontorovich.
People's Artist of Russia Lev Leshchenko said: "I look at this hall today, and Dima again collected a sold-out, forgive this comparison. This is not given to everyone. This suggests that we are all heartily experiencing this loss. The only consolation is that his notes were left, and his voice will continue to sound in his soul for a long time ".
Family Dmitry Hvorostovsky appealed to Facebook to all fans with a request not to spend money on flowers to say goodbye, but to donate to their cancer research center (Cancer Research UK). The singer died of a terrible form of cancer, when the whole brain became a tumor. He was able to live a year longer than the experts who made the terrible diagnosis. At the request of native fans Hvorostovsky responded with thousands of reposts and almost a dozen thousand likes. In the comments write poems, prayers, words of recognition and love for the great artist. The amount of donations of fans of the singer has already approached to 3 thousand pounds sterling.
Four concerts dedicated to the memory of Dmitry Hvorostovsky Metropolitan Opera in New York. For the first time Hvorostovsky spoke there in 1995. He performed more than 180 times in this room. Mourning for Hvorostovsky announced all the world's opera houses. The Black Flag was hung out as a sign of sorrow by the Vienna Opera. In the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater, where the career of the singer began, in memory of him they will show one of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's favorite operas "Troubadour" for free. A colleague of Hvorostovsky famous tenor Placido Domingo called the singer "one of the best voices of our time," said: "His departure will be mourned by countless fans around the world and those of us who were fortunate enough to know him, I pray for his family and their tragic loss".
The body of the singer was cremated. One capsule with ashes was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery near the grave of Fedor Chaliapin. Another went to the homeland of Khvorostovsky in Krasnoyarsk.