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Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa

Actor · Born 1944-03-06 · Gisborne, New Zealand

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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 particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini, and found considerable success in portraying princesses, nobility, and other similar characters on stage. Though she rarely sang opera later in her career, Te Kanawa frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. Her final performance was in Ballarat, Australia, in October 2016, but she did not reveal her retirement until September 2017. Te Kanawa was born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron in Gisborne, New Zealand, to Māori butcher Tieki "Jack" Wawatai and to Mary Noeleen Rawstron, who was the daughter of Irish emigrants. Wawatai was already …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Downton Abbey (2010) — Dame Nellie Melba
  2. Don Giovanni (1979) — Donna Elvira
  3. Great Performances (1971) — Self
  4. The Making Of West Side Story (1985) — Maria
  5. Wogan (1982) — Self
  6. The Marriage of Figaro (1975) — La Contessa di Almaviva
  7. Die Fledermaus (1984) — Rosalinda
  8. Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) — Self - Performer
  9. Der Rosenkavalier (1985) — Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
  10. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  11. Manon Lescaut (1983) — Manon Lescaut
  12. The Marriage of Figaro (1974) — Countess Almaviva
  13. Going Live! (1987) — Self
  14. Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral (2006) — Self
  15. Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC (2017) — Self
  16. Otello (1992) — Desdemona
  17. Otello (1982) — Desdemona
  18. Arabella (1994) — Arabella
  19. Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1995) — Amelia Grimaldi
  20. Prom at the Palace (2002) — Self - Soprano
  21. Runaway (1964) — Isobel Wharewera
  22. Don't Let It Get You (1966)
  23. Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1984) — Self
  24. Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet (2021) — Narrator
  25. Kiri Te Kanawa (1975) — Self
  26. Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary (1996) — Self
  27. Die Fledermaus (1986) — Rosalinde
  28. Der Rosenkavalier (1982)
  29. Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House (2007)
  30. The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala (1983) — Self
  31. Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2007) — Self
  32. Verdi: Otello (2008) — Desdemona
  33. Noel's Saturday Roadshow (1988)
  34. Parkinson (1998) — Self