Tenor Pene Pati, from beloved trio Sol3 Mio, has just achieved one of the biggest milestones in the opera world.
This month, he made his debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera playing the lead role of the lecherous Duke in Verdi's libretto Rigoletto.
He joins Anna Thomas from New York.
Pene Pati (right) as Duke of Mantua, Rihab Chaieb (top left) as Maddalena and Solomon Howard (centre) as Sparafucile at the New York Metropolitan Opera rehearsal for Rigoletto. Photo: New York Metropolitan Opera / Jennifer Taylor
