He graduated high school in his home town and became an English language professor at the Teachers Training College, University of Rijeka.
Simultaneously, he studied singing in Italy and in 1982 graduated (BA) from a specialty course at Teatro alla Scala, Milan (Centro di Perfezionamento per Artisti Lirici).
His many performances abroad include two consecutive seasons at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, but in all the important theaters in Europe (Turin, Trieste, Brno, Kiev, Moscow, Geneva, Parma...) and overseas: Canada, the United States, Japan, Israel, Australia.
In 2004 he recorded a combination DVD and CD of "The Barber of Seville" for Portuguese TV with José Ferreira Lobo and the Orchestra du Nord.
His other productions include Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" in Jefferson, Louisiana, US, in 1999; and "La Traviata" in Mississauga (Canada) in 2002.