Kiri Te Kanawa
Actor
Born March 6, 1944 in 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 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.
Filmography
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
Narrator
Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC
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Downton Abbey
Dame Nellie Melba
Verdi: Otello
Desdemona
Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House
Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral
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Prom at the Palace
Self - Soprano
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Self - Performer
Parkinson
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Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Amelia Grimaldi
Arabella
Arabella
Otello
Desdemona
Going Live!
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Die Fledermaus
Rosalinde
The Making Of West Side Story
Maria
Der Rosenkavalier
Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
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Die Fledermaus
Rosalinda
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
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Otello
Desdemona
Der Rosenkavalier
Wogan
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Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira
Kiri Te Kanawa
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The Marriage of Figaro
La Contessa di Almaviva
The Marriage of Figaro
Countess Almaviva
Le Grand Échiquier
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Great Performances
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Don't Let It Get You
Runaway
Isobel Wharewera