Noah Stewart grew up in Harlem dreaming of the day he would take center stage at Carnegie Hall in his hometown of New York and The Royal Opera House in London.

And while most of his musically-inclined childhood friends emulated Beyonce and D’Angelo, Stewart looked up to the legendary Black-American soprano, Leontyne Price.

His album titled, “Noah,” topped the UK classical charts, the first for an Black artist!

And yes, he did make it back to Carnegie Hall, in 2009, to perform Mozart’s “Requiem” with conductor John Rutter.

Stewart, whose album includes operatic versions of “Nights in White Satin” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” in addition to more traditional operatic pieces, believes his UK success is at least partly due to his being “a nontraditional opera singer people can relate to,” and hopes that this leads to success in his home country as well.

He’s currently appearing as Radames in “Aida” at the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, NY, through Aug. 25.