It’s not every day you get to sing with one of the best-known tenors in the world. David Won got that chance, thanks to a fare the Uber driver picked up in Quincy.

When Quincy entrepreneur Jeff Sullivan got in Won’s car, he didn’t realize he would end up bringing together an aspiring opera singer and one of the world’s best known tenors.

On April 26, Sullivan needed to get from his home in Quincy to The Playwright in South Boston. He requested an Uber, and within minutes was picked up by Won, who’s been driving for Uber since he was laid off from his job as a Bank of America loan officer.


“We’re driving over and he has opera playing. He asks me ‘Do you like opera?’ And I tell him I do,’’ Sullivan told Boston.com. “I start singing as a joke. Then David started singing and I was like – wow. I pulled out my camera, and just started recording.’’

“He was so into it he almost missed the left he was supposed to take,’’ Sullivan said. “People are afraid to talk to reach other. This guy wasn’t like that. He just started singing.’’

Sullivan posted the video on YouTube, and the story of the “Uber Opera Guy’’ was quickly picked up by news outlets.

What Won didn’t know is that one of Sullivan’s best friends is Ronan Tynan, who along with Finbar Wright and Anthony Kearns is part of the Irish tenors.

Sullivan, who runs a startup called Urposse.com, had taken Won’s business card, and called him.

“I told him he had a beautiful voice. I said ‘My buddy Ronan will tell you what to fix and what to work on,’’ Sullivan said. “He said ‘Oh my God.’’’

A week after the Uber ride, Won, Sullivan, and Tynan met at Bob’s Barefoot Grill in Hull, down the street from Won’s home. After a little vocal coaching from the maestro and a discussion about music, Tynan promised tickets for Won and his family to his next performance.