Sumi Jo; "Malinconia, ninfa gentile"; Vincenzo Bellini

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. =============== Sumi Jo--soprano Vincenzo Scalara--piano 1998 ======================= Born in 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. Education: Studied at Santa Cecelia, Italy, early 1980s. An international opera star since her work with legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan in the late 1980s, Sumi Jo has earned almost universal praise for both her recorded and live performances. While her reputation rivals that of any diva, she has maintained the respect and affection of her peers with her straightforward professionalism and charming personality. Jo was born in 1962 in Seoul, the capital and largest city of South Korea. She endured a rather difficult relationship with her mother, who ordered her to practice the piano for up to eight hours every day. “My mother was a sort of frustrated woman,“ Jo told Opera News in October 2001. “She wanted to be a singer, but in the situation of Korea wi