Dmitri Hvorostovsky's answer to Peter Culshaw's question on how he feels to have been labeled the "Elvis of Opera", in an article published by the Telegraph on April 9, 2002

As long as I can continue doing what I love, I don't care how I'm described. Maybe I should be flattered – after all Elvis was a kind of revolutionary. Actually, if he had trained he might have been a great opera singer."

— Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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Elvis Presley

About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.