Personal Info
Known Credits
24
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1944-03-06 (81 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Gisborne, New Zealand
Also Known For
Кири Те Канава
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