TE KANAWA, DAME KIRI

tā käˈnəwə, 1944–, New Zealand opera and concert singer. Since the early 1970s she has been one of the most acclaimed and popular lyric sopranos and has appeared with London's Royal Opera, New York's Metropolitan Opera, the Munich Opera, and other major houses worldwide. Her warm voice and stage personality are striking, and she has made many recordings. Te Kanawa is noted for such roles as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1983.

See biography by D. Fingleton (1983).

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Classical Singers of the Opera and Recital Stages: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials
Book by Robert H. Cowden; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Singers--Biography--Bibliography
...Peter Baillie, Donald McIntrye, Anson Austin, Barry Mora, Patricia Payne, Rodney Macann, Malvina Major, Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Greager, Patrick Power, and Keith Lewis. A0135. Simpson Harold. Singers to Remember . Lingfield...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
Book by John Warrack, Ewan West; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Opera--Dictionaries
...New York, M, 1940-66. Broadcast and recorded Mimi and Violetta with Toscanini. A singer of great feeling. R Albani, Dame Emma b Chambly, nr. Montreal, 1 Nov. 1847; d London, 3 Apr. 1930 . Canadian soprano. Studied Paris with Duprez...
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Portrait of Walton
Book by Michael Kennedy; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Composers--England--Biography, Walton, William--1902-
...especially to Edith, and there was a rumour, which Sacheverell rather enjoyed, that he was the offspring of my father and Dame Ethyl Smyth! Asked in 1977 how the Sitwells influenced his artistic and cultural ____________________ 14 H. Anson...
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A Dictionary of Dates
Book by Cyril Leslie Beeching; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Anniversaries--Dictionaries, Calendars, Chronology, Historical
...the New Zealand operatic soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944- . Also born on this day...1892-1962 ; the Scottish soprano Dame Isobel Baillie 1895-1983 ; the...1892-1955 ; the English soprano Dame Eva Turner 1892-1990 ; the American...
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Opera Singers in Recital, Concert, and Feature Film: A Mediagraphy
Book by Sharon G. Almquist; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Concerts--Film Catalogs, Concerts--Video Catalogs, Motion Pictures--Catalogs
...year in the life of Dame Janet Baker, including...2 Mahler, 1973 TE KANAWA, KIRI. My World of Opera...Moser as Donna Anna, Kiri Te Kanawa as Donna Elvira, Kenneth...Ollmann, baritone Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano Tatiana...
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journal articles on: Te Kanawa Dame Kiri  - 1 result

 
 
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Rising Sun Meets Long White Cloud: Towards a Closer Relationship
Journal article by Roger Peren; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 22, 1997
Subjects: Japan--Relations with New Zealand, New Zealand--Relations with Japan
...arts or followers of rugby football: our footballers regularly taking jobs in Japan! No one is surprised that Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Dame Malvina Major or the New Zealand String Quartet should perform in Japan, not once but several times. People would...


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magazine articles on: Te Kanawa Dame Kiri  - 10 results

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High Notes
Magazine article; Musical Opinion, Vol. 125, July 2002
...Concert on the 26 July will feature Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Other performers taking part in...Bashmet, Joshua Bell, Lynn Harrell, Kiri Te Kanawa, Evgeny Kissin, Gidon Kremer, Stephen...and the Awards were presented by Dame Joan Sutherland. Lord Harewood presented...
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The Tower Festival
Magazine article; Musical Opinion, Vol. 132, July 2009
...where the action of course is set, for over 30 years. Details of the full all-star cast will be announced shortly. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with stars from her music academy and the City of London Sinfonia on September 16 and two evenings later...
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Welsh Roundup
Magazine article by Rian Evans; Musical Opinion, Vol. 131, January 2008
...LArlesiana was simply heart-rending. Even so, it was Dame Kiri te Kanawa who made the starriest tribute to ONeilPs special evening...esteem in which ONeill is held was obvious, not just from Dame Kiri but from all who took part, and the triumphant Nessun...
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Under My Skin
Magazine article by Mark Steyn; The American Spectator, Vol. 31, July 1998
Subjects: Celebrities, Musicians & conductors, Sinatra, Frank
...with Sinatra gone, the American songbook is in the shaky hands of operatic crossover artists like Jose Carreras and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, guys without a consonant in their body; or rockers like Linda Ronstadt and Robert Palmer, desperate to appropriate...
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Highnotes
Magazine article; Musical Opinion, Vol. 131, November 2007
...held in aid of the charity Cruse Bereavement Care. Tickets from 10 to 25 from the Box Office Tel: 020 7222 1061. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, along with other well-known artists, will pay tribute to the career of opera great Dennis ONeill on 25 November...
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Dame Kiri Turns a Cardiff Visit into an Opera Masterclass; One of the World's Most Famous Opera Singers, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Is Lending Her Support to a Group of Young Cardiff Singers. Finds out What Drives the Diva Box Office Arts & Entertainment
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 8, 2008
Subjects: Te Kanawa, Kiri
...Most Famous Opera Singers, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Is Lending Her Support to...Matt Thomas GETTING hold of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa can be quite difficult. The...on 029 2048 1853. PASS IT ON Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is helping young singers find...
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Table Talk: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 7, 2006
Table Talk: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Byline: PAULA KERR I was adopted when I was between one and...caramel-coated popcorn that is out of this world. Thats my favourite treat. Kiri Sings Karl is out on EMI Classics.
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PROFILE: Zakh Key to Karl's New Commission; Welsh Composer Karl Jenkins Is Back with Tales of Kazakhstan and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Says David Powell
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 2, 2006
Subjects: Classic FM, Radio broadcasting industry
...with Tales of Kazakhstan and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Says David Powell. Byline...Jenkins: "Im doing an album with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Its just called Kiri And Karl...for it at his Gower home, while Dame Kiri is contributing others from...
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Michel Legrand Weaves 'Magic' with Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 24, 2005
Subjects: Te Kanawa, Kiri
...Michel Legrand Magic 9/10 The combination of Soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawas vocals to Oscar Grammy awarded Michel Legrand is...true and as such, this album is aptly titled "Magic." Dame Te Kanawa sings all the 18 classic easy listening songs with...
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Experts Rubbish Te Kanawa Jibes That Jenkins, Church and Westenra Are All Opera Fakes
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 28, 2008
Subjects: Te Kanawa, Kiri
...row which erupted following Dame Kiri Te Kanawas dig at "opera fakes" like Katherine...better known than Dame Kiri." Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - a soprano From: Gisborne...up and up. BARBS Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 63, who said popular classical...
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Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TE KANAWA, DAME KIRI ta ka n w , 1944 , New Zealand opera...striking, and she has made many recordings. Te Kanawa is noted for such roles as the Countess...Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1983. See biography...


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