Article: World Cup babes' night at the opera; The World Cup and an FA Cup Final have propelled the two Opera Babes into every football fan's consciousness. Now they are to perform in Britain's football capital, Philip Key discovered.(Features)

Byline: Philip Key

IF OPERA and football have become curiously linked then you can probably blame the singing triumvirate of Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras. The Three Tenors' performance at the 1990 World Cup concert together with Pavarotti's theme tune Nessun Dorma for the BBC coverage gave opera a market it never expected.

Football never quite lost its taste for the music - Pavarotti is regularly photographed kicking a ball - and this year the connection has come roaring back.

The Opera Babes - two attractive sopranos - have recorded the World Cup theme for ITV's coverage and watched their album rise to the top of the classical charts as a ...

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