However, her father strongly disapproved of pop, which he felt was unsuitable, so she put her love for this genre aside, and eventually stopped singing completely.

She then left her native Korea to pursue a post-graduate degree in France, where she studied for an M.A., also in French literature, at the Sorbonne in Paris.

The album promptly entered the British music charts and went on to gather momentum in France, Spain, South Africa, and other countries across the globe.

[1] Although her daughter was eventually recovered unharmed by the Spanish Grupo Especial de Operaciones,[2] Kimera became reluctant to live a life of celebrity, as she blamed her public lifestyle for the unfortunate incident.

[3] As a result, she reduced public performances but continued to practice and record in her home studio at Estepona in the Costa del Sol region.

Called the blazing rebel of opera, Kimera blended two genres from opposite ends of the musical spectrum to create a new style of singing utilizing traditional operatic arias and a modern rhythmic pop beat.

In 1984, she married Raymond Nakachian (1932-2014), a wealthy Lebanese Armenian businessman; she gave birth to daughter Melodie and son, Amir.