The Resume

(October 16, 1962-November 22, 2017)
Resides in London
Specializes in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi
Sang in ‘La Traviata,’ ‘Don Carlos,’ ‘Rigoletto,’ ‘Pique Dame,’ ‘Eugene Onegin,’ ‘Pagliacci,’ ‘Faust,’ and ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’
Nickname is ‘Dima’

Why he might be annoying:

His fans call him ‘the Siberian Tiger’ and ‘the Elvis of Opera.’
He was a crappy student.
He has the reputation of being cold and snobbish.
Russian opera fans accuse him of turning his back on his home country.
He bashes ‘classical cross-over’ acts like Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli.
He says if Madonna wanted to collaborate with him, he’d refuse.

Why he might not be annoying:

His hair went gray in his twenties.
He is modest and down-to-earth.
He is comfortable singing in Italian and French as well as Russian.
His English is excellent.
Unlike the opera-singer stereotype, he keeps in shape.
He is considered one of the greatest baritones of his generation.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 50)
• I Like to Dress All in Black
• I Portrayed a Hunchback
• Lion Manes
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Parents of Twins
• People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [1991]
• Pretty Boys
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14511)
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20171122)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 138 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 106 Votes: 73.58% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 170 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 122 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 88 Votes: 57.95% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 508 Votes: 43.70% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 186 Votes: 40.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 280 Votes: 37.14% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 525 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 1649 Votes: 42.09% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 263 Votes: 43.35% Annoying