[3][4] Bondarenko appeared in the Salzburg Festival in 2009, and in 2011 represented Ukraine in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition,[5] winning the Song Prize[6] and getting through to the final for which he became hot favourite.
[7] Interviewed by Josie d'Arby for BBC2 immediately following his performance in the final, he stated that he would award himself only "70 per cent", and he was defeated by Valentina Naforniță for the main prize.
[8] In 2014, Bondarenko starred in Eugene Onegin at Glyndebourne, [9] and in 2014 he was Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro at Sydney Opera House.
[11] In the 2017-18 season, Bondarenko made his début at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Marcello in La bohème,[12] a role he had previously played at Glyndebourne.
In 2023, Bondarenko played the leading role in King Stakh’s Wild Hunt, an opera by Olga Podgaiskaya, at the Barbican in London; the production, by Belarus Free Theatre, featured Belarusian and Ukrainian performers.