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Lights. oleg bryjak had been a member since 1996. remembered as much for his acting as the unique range and quality of his voice. there are some voices which, if you don t see the person, you can t always know you can t always tell who it is. with oleg, you could always tell. it was his individual sound. that sound we ll never forget. reporter: bryjak had been in barcelona singing in a role he received huge acclaim from last summer in germany s panthon to vagner. the pinnacle of a career for a man who d had a troubled start this life but who tackled life s challenges, his colleague said, with humor and compassion. his father was considered to be a german spy. ....
And sent to the gulag. he was brought up in kazakhstan. and then he came to the west and i think in the meantime he s taken german citizenship. reporter: he learned of bryjak s death during the opera. backstage, the ensemble together since 1999. when oleg came to work, the first thing that arrived through the door was his big heart, and we will miss that, she says. bryjak of flying back with his star maria radner, returning with her husband and child. opera talents cut down in their prime. there were so many who lost their lives, whose talents were only known to their friends and relatives. and it s for all of their sake, the relatives also, that rescue workers now pick through the ....