Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

06/03/1944

Age

81 years old

Place of Birth

Gisborne, New Zealand

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2002

Prom at the Palace

as Self - Soprano

1995

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Amelia Grimaldi

1994

Arabella

as Arabella

1992

Otello

as Desdemona

1986

Die Fledermaus

as Rosalinde

1985

Der Rosenkavalier

as Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg

1984

Die Fledermaus

as Rosalinda

1983

Manon Lescaut

as Manon Lescaut

1982

Otello

as Desdemona

1979

Don Giovanni

as Donna Elvira

1975

Kiri Te Kanawa

as Self

1975

The Marriage of Figaro

as La Contessa di Almaviva

1974

The Marriage of Figaro

as Countess Almaviva

1964

Runaway

as Isobel Wharewera