Actor
Kiri Te Kanawa
March 6, 1944 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Plácido Domingo
5 titles together
Die Fledermaus, Manon Lescaut, Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
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MET Orchestra
4 titles together
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Arabella, Die Fledermaus
Tatiana Troyanos
3 titles together
The Making Of West Side Story, Die Fledermaus, Der Rosenkavalier
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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
3 titles together
Die Fledermaus, Der Rosenkavalier, Manon Lescaut
Hermann Prey
2 titles together
The Marriage of Figaro, Die Fledermaus
Dennis O'Neill
2 titles together
Die Fledermaus, Der Rosenkavalier
Full filmography · 19
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
as Narrator
2021
Verdi: Otello
as Desdemona
2008
Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House
cast
2007
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Amelia Grimaldi
1995
Arabella
as Arabella
1994
Otello
as Desdemona
1992
Die Fledermaus
as Rosalinde
1986
The Making Of West Side Story
as Maria
1985
Der Rosenkavalier
as Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
1985
Die Fledermaus
as Rosalinda
1984
Manon Lescaut
as Manon Lescaut
1983
Otello
as Desdemona
1982