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Kiri Te Kanawa
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New Zealand opera singer
Film & TV
Gisborne, New Zealand
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…
Known for
- Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet — Narrator2021
- Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC — Self2017
- Downton Abbey — Dame Nellie Melba2010
- Verdi: Otello — Desdemona2008
- Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House2007
- Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Self2007
- Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral — Self2006
- Prom at the Palace — Self - Soprano2002
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration — Self - Performer1998
- Parkinson — Self1998
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Key facts
- Born
- Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron , ( 1944-03-06 ) 6 March 1944 (age 82) , Gisborne , New Zealand
- Occupation
- Opera singer ( soprano )
- Years active
- 1968–2017
- Spouse
- Desmond Park ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 )
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claire
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Gisborne
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Employer
- Wolfson College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Vera Rózsa
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.kiritekanawa.org
- Image
- Kiri Te Kanawa 2013 (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- date of birth
- 1944-03-06
- birth name
- Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron
- Commons category
- Kiri Te Kanawa
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- social media followers
- 68500
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa (/ˈkɪri təˈkɑːnəwə/; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". On 1 December 1971 she was recognised internationally when she appeared as the Countess in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House in London.
Te Kanawa received accolades in many countries, performing works composed in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and singing in several languages. She was particularly associated with the music of Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini and Richard Strauss, and was often cast as an aristocrat. Her extensive discography includes three albums which featured in the top forty in charts in Australia in the mid-1980s.
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