Omorfi poli mario frangoulis biography

Born December 17, 1967 in the African nation of Zimbabwe – then called Rhodesia – Mario Frangoulis was sent to Athens at the age of four to be raised by his aunt, a decision which stemmed from the volatile political situation in his birth country.

Growing up in Greece the youngster would sing along to tunes on his record player, with boyhood tastes ranging from traditional Greek vocalists to Frank Sinatra and Barbra Striesand. As he matured, he became aware that he had a good voice.

He began studying violin and, when he was 17, attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Omorfi Poli on the stage of Pallas Theatre.

There he became active on the musical theatre scene, eventually landing a handful of roles in the West End. It was during this stint treading the boards that a friend of his, a soprano, asked him to perform a few bars with her as she practiced.

She suggested that he try Opera. Willing to try his hand at the genre, he learned three arias and went on, in 1993, to win the Maria Callas P