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Northern Exposure; Iceland's top musician isn't Bjork but an opera singer with the looks of Brad Pitt and the voice of Pavarotti.
Byline: Ginanne Brownell
Here's a bit of Icelandic trivia: who has the country's fastest-selling record of all time? It's not Sigur Ros or Nylon--two successful pop acts that have broken out in the past several years. Nor is it Bjork, who is by far Iceland's biggest musical export. Give up? The honor goes to a 32-year-old opera singer by the name of Gardar Thor Cortes, who happens to break every stereotype in the classical music book: he's got smoldering good looks--he was voted Iceland's sexiest man twice in one year--and there is nothing stuffy about him. He did, after all, spend a year on the London stage in the title role of "Phantom of the Opera" and counts ...
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