 In 1984 he sang the title role in Georg Frideric Handel’s "Giustino", staged by Harry Kupfer.The artist drew international attention through his performance of Orpheus in Gluck’s "Orfeo ed Euridice" in a new staging of the work in December 1987, and in the travelling production by the Comic Opera in August 1989 in London.Kupfer's Orpheus wears a leather jacket and carries an electric guitar in this innovative interpretation.