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Can anyone help?

I’m looking for a song from the late ‘90s (1997-1998ish). It’s an R&B song that contains a bit of opera (performed by a female opera singer).
I think the R&B singer has a ‘G’ in his name (but then again, I was convinced his next song from this period was a “When Doves Cry” cover, which lead me to ‘Ginuwine’, but alas I must be mistaken here and looking for someone else as I can’t find the song in question in Ginuwine’s repertoire).

The video clip had the R&B guy in a NASA control center-like building while the opera singer was streaming from the moon. As I recall she was completely dressed in silver/grey, possibly with grey or blue skin colour too.

And I think the opera bit was in Russian (or another Slavic language).

Any thoughts?

     

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TimovieMan - 31 December 2016 06:15 AM

Can anyone help?

Certainly - I believe the number you are looking for is Prince Igor with the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø and the American rapper Warren G Cool

The opera part is from Alexander Borodin’s Prince Igor, and she is indeed singing in Russian even though she doesn’t speak a word Russian.

     

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Thanks, Izno, that was precisely the song I was looking for!
Ginuwine fitting the bill for my recollections totally threw off and made my Google-fu weak. Tongue


Spending weeks without my laptop has resulted in me listening to a lot of music and in attempting to make a new “Top 100 Songs” (something I haven’t done since 2006). But since I started going overboard with the plans, they expanded into a “Top 1000” and then I had to consider songs like Prince Igor too. But that’s easier if you can actually research them… Smile

     

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Iznogood - 31 December 2016 07:34 AM

The opera part is from Alexander Borodin’s Prince Igor, and she is indeed singing in Russian even though she doesn’t speak a word Russian.

Ah, yes, it’s “Stranger in Paradise” in English.  The first time I heard Sissel sing was at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics.  I love her voice and have several of her CDs.

     

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