Kiri Te Kanawa
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.
Known For
Downton Abbey
81%
Dame Nellie Melba
2010
Don Giovanni
69%
Donna Elvira
1979
Great Performances
61%
Self / Alcina
1971
The Making Of West Side Story
85%
Maria
1985
Wogan
53%
Self
1982
The Marriage of Figaro
60%
La Contessa di Almaviva
1975
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
76%
Self - Performer
1998
Die Fledermaus
82%
Rosalinda
1984
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
Narrator
2021
Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC
40%
Self
2017
Downton Abbey
81%
Dame Nellie Melba
2010
Verdi: Otello
Desdemona
2008
Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House
2007
Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Self
2007
Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral
90%
Self
2006
Prom at the Palace
90%
Self - Soprano
2002
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
76%
Self - Performer
1998
Parkinson
Self
1998
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Self
1996
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
80%
Amelia Grimaldi
1995
Arabella
70%
Arabella
1994
Otello
100%
Desdemona
1992
Noel's Saturday Roadshow
Unknown
1988
Going Live!
80%
Self
1987
Die Fledermaus
Rosalinde
1986
The Making Of West Side Story
85%
Maria
1985
Der Rosenkavalier
83%
Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
1985
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
90%
Self
1984
Die Fledermaus
82%
Rosalinda
1984
Manon Lescaut
85%
Manon Lescaut
1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Self
1983
Otello
70%
Desdemona
1982
Der Rosenkavalier
1982
Wogan
53%
Self
1982
Don Giovanni
69%
Donna Elvira
1979
Kiri Te Kanawa
Self
1975