Lives Less Ordinary
Lives Less Ordinary
BBC World Service
The Ukrainian opera singer nearly silenced by a bullet
39 minutes Posted Mar 13, 2023 at 12:30 am.
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Sergiy Ivanchuk dreamed of stardom, before he was shot in the chest by Russian soldiers.

He was a volunteer helping refugees escape Eastern Ukraine during the early days of the 2022 invasion, when his car was attacked. He was hit in the legs, hand and back, and he was lucky to survive a punctured lung. When Sergiy woke up in hospital, he could barely talk, let alone sing, but he refused to give up his ambitions of being a world famous baritone.

Presenter: Asya Fouks

Producer: Harry Graham
Editor: Andrea Kennedy
Sound design: Joel Cox