Kiri Te Kanawa
Born: 6th March 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand
Nationality: New Zeland
Blessed with one of the most beautiful lyric soprano voices of her generation, this New Zealand native has been featured on countless Decca recordings ranging from opera to popular song. Particularly associated with Strauss and Mozart roles, her ample, vibrant instrument, peerless legato and elegance of bearing have served her well as Arabella, the Marschallin and the Countesses of Capriccio and Le Nozze di Figaro, though her repertoire also encompasses Italian and Russian roles such as Anna Bolena, Liu, Desdemona, Tatyana and Xenia. She gained widespread prominence in the early 1980s after singing 'Let the Bright Seraphim' at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and was made a Dame of the British Empire the following year. Her profile beyond the opera-houses was further increased two years later when she sang the role of Maria on Leonard Bernstein's own recording of West Side Story. Te Kanawa continues to perform internationally and also does extensive work with young singers both in her native New Zealand and further afield.
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin | Sung in Englishj
Thomas Hampson (Onegin), Kiri Te Kanawa (Tatyana), Neil Rosenshein (Lensky), Patricia Bardon (Olga), John Connell (Gremin), Nicolai Gedda (Triquet) Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
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Special offer. The World of Sacred Music
Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, John Scott (organ), The St. Anthony Singers, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Semple (treble), Jonathan Chinchen (treble), Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Peter White (organ), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Sir Geraint Evans (baritone), James Bowman (countertenor), Brighton Festival Chorus Goldsbrough Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Welsh Orchestra, Christopher Dearnley, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Georg Solti, George Guest, Kurt Herbert Adler, Sir Neville Marriner, Julius Rudel, Sir Adrian Boult, Thomas Mansel, Laszlo Heltay
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