Kiri Te Kanawa
Birthday
1944/03/06 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Gisborne, New Zealand
Also know as
Кири Те Канава
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...Read more
Acting
(2006) Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral
as Self
(2021) Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
as Narrator
(2017) Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC
as Self
(1975) Kiri Te Kanawa
as Self
(1984) Die Fledermaus
as Rosalinda
(1983) Manon Lescaut
as Manon Lescaut
(1985) Der Rosenkavalier
as Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
(1985) The Making Of West Side Story
as Maria
(1982) Otello
as Desdemona
(1975) The Marriage of Figaro
as La Contessa di Almaviva
(1979) Don Giovanni
as Donna Elvira
(1992) Otello
as Desdemona
(1996) Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
(1986) Die Fledermaus
as Rosalinde
(1994) Arabella
as Arabella
(1998) Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
as Self - Performer
(1982) Der Rosenkavalier
as ---
(1995) Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Amelia Grimaldi
(2007) Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House
as ---
(1983) The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
(2002) Prom at the Palace
as Self - Soprano
(1974) The Marriage of Figaro
as Countess Almaviva
(1964) Runaway
as Isobel Wharewera
(1966) Don't Let It Get You
as ---
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(1988) Noel's Saturday Roadshow
as ---
(2010) Downton Abbey
as Dame Nellie Melba
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1987) Going Live!
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Alcina
(1998) Parkinson
as Self