O mio babbino caro in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini
'Not sure about this. Listening to this aria, and "Vissi d'Arte, the prior answer to this question, I don't recognize this aria fragment in either.
O Mio Babbino Caro: See the related link.
Vissi d'Arte: See the related link (2).
I found it: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi. See the the related link (3).
It is from La Boheme. The fragment starts at 2:33.
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Di quella pira from Il Trovatore
Her name is Ewa de Cruz. She plays on the soap opera "As the World Turns".
The song is called "The Flower Duet". Here is the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flower_Duet
The aria at the beginning (I haven't seen the whole episode) is "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Act I of the Italian opera La Wally by Alfredo Catalani.
Yes,They are Wagnerian opera singers hired from the area. They are not a part of an official opera group or troupe. The commercial has received many awards. Perhaps some, but not all, as at least two of the "singers" are actors, Christy Carlson Romano and David Wilkins. The actors are lip-synching whatever group that was hired by the ad agency to do there actual singing.