Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
Person

Kiri Te Kanawa

Actor 1944-03-06 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 t...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010 · Dame Nellie Melba

Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

1979 · Donna Elvira

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971 · Self

Wogan

Wogan

1982 · Self

The Making Of West Side Story

The Making Of West Side Story

1985 · Maria

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

1978 · TV

The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro

1975 · La Contessa di Almaviva

Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus

1984 · Rosalinda

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

1998 · Self - Performer

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Der Rosenkavalier

Der Rosenkavalier

1985 · Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg

Going Live!

Going Live!

1987 · Self

The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro

1974 · Countess Almaviva

Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut

1983 · Manon Lescaut

Prom at the Palace

Prom at the Palace

2002 · Self - Soprano

Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC

Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC

2017 · Self

Otello

Otello

1982 · Desdemona

Don't Let It Get You

Don't Let It Get You

1966 · Movie

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

1995 · Amelia Grimaldi