Kiri Te Kanawa

Personal Info

Birthday

March 6, 1944

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Gisborne, New Zealand

Also Known As

Кири Те Канава

Kiri Te Kanawa

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 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.

Known For

Downton Abbey

Great Performances

Don Giovanni

Der Rosenkavalier

Arabella

The Marriage of Figaro

Runaway

Die Fledermaus

Filmography

2021
Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet
as Narrator
2017
Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC
as Self
2007
Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall
as Self
2006
Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral
as Self
2002
Prom at the Palace
as Self - Soprano
1998
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
as Self - Performer
1996
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
1995
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Amelia Grimaldi
1994
Arabella
as Arabella
1992
Otello
as Desdemona
1986
Die Fledermaus
as Rosalinde
1985
The Making Of West Side Story
as Maria
Der Rosenkavalier
as Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
1984
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self
1983
Manon Lescaut
as Manon Lescaut
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
1979
Don Giovanni
as Donna Elvira
1975
Kiri Te Kanawa
as Self
The Marriage of Figaro
as La Contessa di Almaviva
1964
Runaway
as Isobel Wharewera