It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the post of composer Alexander Zhurbin on Facebook.
“Died Yuri Georgievich Dimitrin. Yura, you will be forever in my heart, ”wrote Zhurbin.
The composer also published their joint photo with Dimitrin after the premiere of "Orpheus and Eurydice" in 1975.
Earlier, the soloist of the opera, People's Artist of Russia Gennady Piskunov, died in Moscow at the age of 73.