He was only 20 years old when he debuted at the Croatian National Theatre “Ivan pl.Zajc” Rijeka,continuing his prolific international career at the world’s most renowned stages – the Scala of Milan, the Metropolitan Opera, Straatsoper in Wien, Opera de Lyon, Arena di Verona, Opera national de Paris, Royal Opera House in London, El Liceo in Barcelona, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow,Teatro Real in Madrid, Salzburg Festival. He worked with prominent conductors (Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Lovro von Matačić, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Placido Domingo etc.),collaborated with famous directors (Franco Zeffirelli, Ugo De Ana,Luca Ronconi, Werner Herzog, Chris Kraus, William Friedkin, Andrei Konchalovsky etc.), with the most distinguished opera stars.