Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky dies aged 55

The Russian singer, hailed as one of the world’s greatest, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2015The Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has died aged 55. The news was announced on his Facebook page:“On behalf of the Hvorostovsky family, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dmitri Hvorostovsky – beloved operatic baritone, husband, father, son, and friend – at age 55. After a two-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer, he died peacefully this morni