[2] Noreika was born in Šiauliai and graduated with honors from the Lithuanian State Conservatory in 1958.

A year earlier, while still a student, he was engaged as a performer at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Noreika's creative biography comprises more than 40 operatic roles: Cavaradossi from Tosca by Puccini, Faust from Faust by Gounod, Rudolfo from La bohème by Puccini, Otello from Otello by Verdi, to name a few.

In 1997, he celebrated his 40th anniversary as an operatic tenor, and received the Kipras Award from the Opera Fellow Society.

In 2011, Noreika was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts for "the highest vocal excellence and unfading talent".