Sissel Kyrkjebø - Prince Igor - 2001

Sissel Kyrkjebø performing "Prince Igor" at a TV-concert from Momarkedet, Norway in 2001. The song is inspired by the Polovtsian Dances of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor, which was first performed in St. Petersburg in Russia in 1890. In 1997, Sissel released the song as a duet with American rapper Warren G. It was a number-one hit in Norway and Iceland, and a Top 10 hit in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Sweden. Sissel, the international singing sensation from Norway, is widely regarded as one of the finest and most talented sopranos in the world. Her crystalclear voice has made Sissel a national institution in Norway. Sissel has sung all over the world, selling over ten million solo albums. She contributed the haunting vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic. She has been doing great duets with singers like Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Russell Watson, Mario Frangoulis, Josh Groban, Neil Sedaka and Charles Aznavour. A very remarkable voice you will only hear once in your lifetime.