Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 1989, he won  the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Since his  acclaimed debut as Jeletzki at the Opera in Nice, has carrer has led and  continues to lead him to the most important international stages in the  world, like for example the New York Met, ROH Covent Garden, the  Bay­erische Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, the Scala, Moskow, the Chicago  Lyric Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the  Salzburger Festspielen, Australia as well as South America. Numerous  contemporary composers write works for Dmitri Hvorostovsky. His most  important roles include among others Graf Luna (Il trovatore), Posa (Don Carlo), the leading role in Rigoletto, Renato (Un ballo in maschera), the leading role in Simon Boccanegra, Jeletzki and the leading role in Eugen Onegin. He gave his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1994 as Sir Ricardo (I Puritani) and has since also sung  Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Posa, Rigoletto, Jeletzki, Jago, Giorgio Germont (La traviata) as well as the leading roles in Eugen Onegin und Simon Boccanegra. ​    http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Hvorostovsky.en.php