KIRI TE KANAWA
Kiri Te Kanawa
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: March 6, 1944
Place of Birth: Gisborne, New Zealand
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.
Notable work
Filmography
Starring
Narrator
Self
2010·
Downton AbbeyDame Nellie Melba
2006·
The One ShowSelf
2002·
Prom at the PalaceSelf - Soprano
1998·
ParkinsonSelf
Self - Performer
Amelia Grimaldi
1994·
ArabellaArabella
1992·
OtelloDesdemona
1987·
Going Live!Self
1986·
Die FledermausRosalinde
1985·
Der RosenkavalierDie Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
Maria
1984·
Die FledermausRosalinda
1983·
Manon LescautManon Lescaut
1982·
WoganSelf
1982·
Der Rosenkavalier1982·
OtelloDesdemona
1979·
Don GiovanniDonna Elvira
La Contessa di Almaviva
1975·
Kiri Te KanawaSelf
Countess Almaviva
1972·
Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
1971·
Great PerformancesAlcina, Self
1966·
Don't Let It Get You1964·
RunawayIsobel Wharewera