Umculi we-opera odumeleyo uDmitri Hvorostovsky ogqityiweyo lokugqiba i-chemotherapy course kwelinye leekliniki eLondon kule nyanga. Ekubuyiseni ngokupheleleyo komculi ngelixa ekhuluma kamsinya, kodwa iindaba zakamuva malunga nempilo yakhe zikhuthaza.
Xa kwaziwa ukuba uHvorostovsky wafunyaniswa nomhlaza, ngokokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka emininzi wayebizwa ngokuba ngumfazi wakhe owayengumfazi uSvetlana. Esi sibini sadibana ngo-1986 kwi-krasnoyarsk yaseshashalazini. Esi sibini sasihlala ndawonye iminyaka eyi-10 kwaye sahlukana, ngohlobo lwabahlobo abasondeleyo, ngenxa yokungcatshwa kowesifazane. Emva kokuqhawula umtshato, uDmitry noSvetlana bathetha kuphela ngamagqwetha.
Umculi wahlawulwa umfazi wokuqala owayengumfazi weewele uAlexander noDanil. Nangona i-Khvorostovsky iqulethe intsapho yokuqala, ubudlelwane phakathi kwabangaphambili abatshatileyo babunzima.
Kuphela emva kweendaba zesifo somculi, uSvetlana wamxhasa umyeni wakhe owayengumyeni wakhe, embiza ngokugqibela. Njengoko kwavela, le ngxoxo yayiyeyokugqibela-ngomhla kaDisemba 31, umfazi oneminyaka engama-56 ubudala wabulawa ngenxa yetyhefu yegazi. Ngokomhlobo osondeleyo kaSvetlana, iingxaki zaqala ngenxa ye-meningitis. Umhlobo kaDmitri Hvorostovsky, uPavel Antonov uthe ngodliwano-ndlebe neentatheli ukuba umculi ngoku akabandakanyekanga kunye nabantwana bakhe emtshatweni ukuya kuSvetlana, kodwa kunye nentombi endala yomfazi owayengumfazi wokuqala.