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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Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
14th Sep 2017
This year's award went to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who announced her retirement yesterday - watch the beautiful short video tribute from last week's ceremony.
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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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Special offer. Johannes Brahms - Masterworks Volume 6
Kiri Te Kanawa, Andras Schiff, Helen Watts Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra & King's College Cambridge Choir, Georg Solti and Claudio Abbado
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Choral Performance
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Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Lukas Foss (piano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Michael Wager (speaker), Günther Theuring (chorus master), Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master), Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben (singer), Gidon Kremer (violin), Ruth Mense (piano), Dicky Tarrach (drums), Thissy Thiers (bass guitar), Leonard Bernstein (piano), Paul Sperry (tenor), Bruce Fifer (bass-baritone), Clamma Dale (soprano), Nancy Williams (mezzo-soprano), Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano), Neil Rosenshein (tenor), John Reardon (baritone), Donald Gramm (bass (vocal)), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Peter Schmidl (clarinet), José Eduardo Chama (baritone), June Anderson (soprano), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Adolph Green (singer), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Kurt Ollmann (baritone), Lindsay Benson (baritone), Richard Suart (bass (vocal)), Clive Bayley (bass (vocal)), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), John Treleavan (tenor), Simon Joly (chorus master), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Nina Bernstein (speaker), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Angelina Reaux (soprano), Luise Edeiken (soprano), Stephen Bogardus (singer), Alexander Bernstein (speaker), Stella Zambalis (mezzo-soprano), Peter Thom (singer), Tatiana Troyanos (alto, mezzo-soprano), Richard Harrell (singer), Todd Lester (singer), Marty Nelson (singer), Louise Edeiken (mezzo-soprano, soprano), David Livingston (singer), Beverly Morgan (soprano), Chester Ludgin (tenor, baritone), Theodor Uppman (baritone), John Brandstetter (baritone), Jean Kraft (mezzo-soprano), John Kuether (bass (vocal)), Peter Kazaras (tenor), Douglas Perry (tenor), Charles Walker (tenor), Clarity James (mezzo-soprano), Donald St. Pierre (chorus master), Wendy White (mezzo-soprano), Edward Crafts (baritone), Mark Thomsen (tenor), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Wiener Sängerknaben, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Wiener Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, ORF Symphony Orchestra, Vocal Ensemble
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Geraint Evans (baritone), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Reri Grist (soprano), Henry Smith (harpsichord), Michael Langdon (bass), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Clifford Grant (bass), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Willi Brokmeier (tenor), Teresa Cahill (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Otto Klemperer
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