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Thanks partly to her appearance in the opera scene in Quantum of Solace, the Armenian soprano Karine Babajanyan is reaching a wide audience. Her appearance as Tosca is echoed here in a stirring "Vissi D'Arte", while her experience as Cio-Cio San comes through in the Butterfly arias "Un Bel Di, Vedremo" and the duet "Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia"; her partner in that, Giuseppe Giacomini, gets a showcase in "Nessun Dorma".
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