Umculi we-Opera uDmitri Hvorostovsky oqedile ukugcina inkambo yokugcina ye-chemotherapy kwelinye lemitholampilo eLondon kule nyanga. Ekubuyiseleni okugcwele komculi ngenkathi ekhuluma ekuseni, kodwa izindaba zakamuva mayelana nempilo yakhe ziyakhuthaza.
Lapho kwaziwa ukuthi uHvorostovsky utholakale enesifo somdlavuza, okokuqala ngqá wabizwa ngumkakhe owayengumkakhe uSvetlana. Lo mbhangqwana wahlangana ngo-1986 e-Krasnoyarsk yaseshashalazini. Lo mbhangqwana wahlala ndawonye iminyaka eyishumi futhi wahlukana, ngokusho kwabangane abaseduze, ngenxa yokukhashelwa owesifazane. Ngemuva kwesahlukaniso, uDmitry noSvetlana baxoxisana kuphela ngabameli.
Lo mdwebi ukhokhele umlingani wangaphambili wamakhosikazi amawele u-Alexander noDanil. Naphezu kokuthi uKvvstostovsky empeleni wayenomndeni wokuqala, ubuhlobo phakathi kwalabo abasanda kushada bebunzima.
Ngemuva kokuphela kwezindaba zokugula komculi, uSvetlana wamsekela umyeni wakhe wangaphambili, embiza ngokuwa. Njengoba kwenzeka, le ngxoxo yayiyokugcina - ngoDisemba 31, owesifazane oneminyaka engu-56 ubudala wabulawa ngenxa yobuthi begazi. Ngokusho komngane oseduze kaSvetlana, le nkinga yaqala ngenxa ye-meningitis. Umngane kaDmitri Hvorostovsky, uPavel Antonov, uthe inkhulumomphendvulo ithi lo mculi manje akahlanganyeli kuphela nezingane zakhe emshadweni ku-Svetlana, kodwa futhi nendodakazi endala yomfazi wangaphambili kusukela ebuhlotsheni bokuqala.