He also was active as a guest performer at major opera houses and concert stages throughout Europe.
He made his professional opera debut in 1989 as the title hero in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Great Theatre, Poznań.
He remained a regular performer at that house up until his sudden death at the age of 41 in a car accident brought about by a heart attack in 2007.
He notably toured with the Polish National Opera to London in 2004 as the title hero in Karol Szymanowski's King Roger.
[1] As a guest artist, Drabowicz was a regular visitor to the Glyndebourne Festival, where his roles included Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Eugene Onegin, Tomsky in The Queen of Spades, and the title roles in Don Giovanni and Mazeppa.