Actor
Kiri Te Kanawa
Biography

Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa ONZ, CH, DBE, AC (/ˈkɪri təˈkɑːnəwə/; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a retired New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te Kanawa had three top 40 albums in Australia in the mid-1980s. Te Kanawa has received accolades in many countries, singing a wide array of works in many languages dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particular ...

Known For
Acting
2021 -- Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet | Narrator
2017 -- Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC | Self
2007 -- Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House |
2006 -- Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral | Self
2002 -- Prom at the Palace | Self - Soprano
1998 -- Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration | Self - Performer
1996 -- Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary | Self
1995 -- Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Amelia Grimaldi
1994 -- Arabella | Arabella
1992 -- Otello | Desdemona
1986 -- Die Fledermaus | Rosalinde
1985 -- The Making Of West Side Story | Maria
1985 -- Der Rosenkavalier | Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
1984 -- Die Fledermaus | Rosalinda
1983 -- Manon Lescaut | Manon Lescaut
1983 -- The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala | Self
1982 -- Otello | Desdemona
1982 -- Der Rosenkavalier |
1979 -- Don Giovanni | Donna Elvira
1975 -- Kiri Te Kanawa | Self
1975 -- The Marriage of Figaro | Cherubino
1974 -- The Marriage of Figaro | Countess Almaviva
1966 -- Don't Let It Get You |
1964 -- Runaway | Isobel Wharewera
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