Kiri Te Kanawa

Actor

Born: March 6, 1944 (age 82)
From: Gisborne, New Zealand

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…

Filmography (27)

Marjorie Lawrence: The World at Her Feet (2021)
Narrator
Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC (2017)
Self
Verdi: Otello (2008)
Desdemona
Simon Boccanegra: Royal Opera House (2007)
Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2007)
Self
Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral (2006)
Self
Prom at the Palace (2002)
Self - Soprano
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)
Self - Performer
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary (1996)
Self
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1995)
Amelia Grimaldi
Arabella (1994)
Arabella
Otello (1992)
Desdemona
Die Fledermaus (1986)
Rosalinde
The Making Of West Side Story (1985)
Maria
Der Rosenkavalier (1985)
Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1984)
Self
Die Fledermaus (1984)
Rosalinda
Manon Lescaut (1983)
Manon Lescaut
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala (1983)
Self
Otello (1982)
Desdemona
Der Rosenkavalier (1982)
Don Giovanni (1979)
Donna Elvira
Kiri Te Kanawa (1975)
Self
The Marriage of Figaro (1975)
La Contessa di Almaviva
The Marriage of Figaro (1974)
Countess Almaviva
Don't Let It Get You (1966)
Runaway (1964)
Isobel Wharewera