He received a scholarship to the ORGANIZATION@1 in LOCATION@1 where he studied from NUMBER@1 to NUMBER@2 and began singing in student opera productions in the repertory which is still his specialty today , PERSON@1 and the bel canto operas of PERSON@2 and PERSON@3 .

He was given a scholarship to the ORGANIZATION@1 in LOCATION@1 where he studied from NUMBER@1 to NUMBER@2 and began singing in student opera productions .
