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February is Black History Month and 11Alive is celebrating the accomplishments of a Grammy-nominated Black opera singer who's based out of the Atlanta area.

Victor Ryan Robertson is the only person to make his Met Opera, Kennedy Center, and Broadway debut in the same year. Now he's bringing his talent and impressive voice to the Atlanta Opera while inspiring young people of color to reach for their highest dream and note.

Robertson fell in love with singing in grade school.

“I used to get in trouble all the time because I would sing in class," he told 11Alive. "I remember one time I was in the fourth grade and the teacher came. She knelt by me, and she goes, 'You're going to sing for a living.'"

Singing led Robinson to a rock band and touring all over the Southeast.

“We had one concert at a café and a professor at Georgia State University heard me sing. After the show said, ‘You need to sing opera.’ I was like, ‘What?’ I was like, ‘I'm not doing that,’” Robertson recalled.

He did go into opera thanks to the astute ear of that GSU professor, which turned out to be a very good decision. [MORE]