Opera Babes Leeds University and London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Knight, whose mother is the opera singer Gillian Knight, wrote for children's television early in her career. Both women have performed with the English touring company Opera della Luna and at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival. They began busking together in 2001 on London's Covent Garden, where they were first spotted and were signed for their first album by Sony. They became famous for singing "Un bel dì vedremo" ("One fine day we shall see" from the opera "Madame Butterfly"), the song that ITV used for their World Cup
Julianna Di Giacomo and Hasmik Papian as Norma. In 2008 she made her debut with Opera Grand Rapids as Countess Almaviva in "The Marriage of Figaro". In 2009 she made her first appearance at La Scala as Lucrezia Contarini in "I due Foscari" under the baton of Stefano Ranzani. In 2010 Di Giacomo returned to the Met as Lina in "Stiffelio" and Leonora in "Il trovatore" in 2010. In December 2010 she performed the world premiere of Thomas Pasatieri's "Bel Canto Songs" for the George London Foundation Recital Series at the Morgan Library. In 2011 he returned to the Caramoor Festival to perform