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South Korean-Russian opera duet star in Moscow

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Published 14 February, 2008, 17:58

It was performing with world-famous baritone Dmitry Khvorostovsky in Seoul that she first learnt some Russian. But meeting him again at a Moscow stage the South Korean 'voice from heaven', Sumi Jo, sang in Italian. She says the best impetus to learn Russian is falling in love with a Russian guy.

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