Dmytro popov tenor biography templates

Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music?

To be honest I did not aspire a career in opera at all before I began studying at the Academy of Culture in Kharkov (Ukraine). Although I learned musical instruments at school and sang in a choir, upon finishing school I decided to try for the vocal department of the Academy on a whim, mostly to avoid military service.

It is only when I met my first singing teacher there that I began to feel my connection to opera as an art form.

What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?

The biggest challenge came at the very beginning &#; to stay true to my technique and my natural voice, no matter what the greats of the opera business were saying when I just started out.

I think that for some my manner of singing seemed too mature and they thought that I wouldn’t last long because I was giving too much. It is a quite common piece of advice for a young singer &#; to take it easy and go lighter than the repertoire one r