He began first as a chorister at the Odessa Opera theater in 1926 .
In 1928 he made his debut there as Nathanael in Offenbach 's The Tales of Hoffmann .
He began first as a chorister at the Odessa Opera theater in 1926 , and in 1928 he made his debut there as Nathanael in Offenbach 's The Tales of Hoffmann .