He has sung twice at the Met, most recently last fall as Cassio in Verdi's "Otello" with Renee Fleming.
Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger has sung in Sanskrit on a new album by a supergroup, which stars Oscar-winning Indian musician AR Rahman.
Ms. Netrebko has sung the role of Adina in "Elisir" at major houses for more than a decade, though never before at the Met.
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Klaus Florian Vogt, who replaced Marco Jentzsch as Lohengrin at the last minute, has sung the role everywhere from New York's Metropolitan Opera to Bayreuth's Festspielhaus.
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Mr Putin, who has sung the old American pop sing Blueberry Hill for charity, appeared to snub one of Russia's best-known rock musicians, Yury Shevchuk, at a round-table discussion last year.
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He has been in many productions in Australia, Europe and the U.S. He has sung Escamillo in "Carmen" before, most notably in 2010, when he was called to fill in for a singer three hours before a global broadcast of a Metropolitan Opera performance.
"We typically engage a singer who has sung the role before, " said general manager Peter Gelb, for the simple reason that when singers are comfortable in a role, they're better able to handle the pressure and the sheer size of the Met Opera House.
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The 36-year-old once sported a ponytail, used to swim a mile a day, breeds race horses and has even sung on two pop singles.
Furler, who records as Sia, has also sung with the band Zero 7, and you may have heard her new album when you ordered your morning latte it's out on the Starbucks label, Hear Music.
Tosic increases manager Sir Alex Ferguson's options on the left wing with Ryan Giggs and Nani already battling it out in that position although in recent weeks Ji-sung Park has also played there.
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Deschanel, who's dabbled in jazz cabaret and sung on the occasional film soundtrack, has starred in such movies as Elf (you might remember her in-the-shower rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside") and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Skategate apart, Kim Dong-Sung's disqualification in the short track has been the worst of some puzzling decisions.
It was also poignant to hear Ms. Fleming alongside the lush, youthful soprano of Susanna Phillips as an almost unconsciously sexy Stella, who has surrendered joyfully to the brutal, elemental Stanley, sung with barking ferocity and acted with menace by baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes.
"Kim is a tremendously intense competitor who has the poise and experience to handle the pressure, " says Sung Jin Hyuk, sports reporter for the Chosun Ilbo.
Anyone who has grown up in a culture and listened to its rhymes and sung its songs and listened to its speech knows how to write poetry.
Red Bull signed Sung to a contract this month, although the length of the contract has not been disclosed.
Vilanch has written punch lines for the past nine Academy Award ceremonies, including those song parodies sung by Billy Crystal.
He has a Japanese girlfriend and has previously driven for Honda - and the race started after the country's national anthem was sung by a choir of schoolgirls from Fukushima, the town devastated in the 11 March tsunami which killed nearly 16, 000 people.
Happy Birthday was sung (in French, English, the local Wolof, and a fourth language this author has yet to determine), homemade cake was unveiled and dance moves were displayed.
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