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Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, AC, DBE, (IPA: /ˈkiːri ˈteɪ ˈkɑːnəwə/, born March 6, 1944) is one of the world’s most celebrated sopranos. In 1981, she was seen and heard around the world by an estimated 600 million people when she sang Händel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim” at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
Te Kanawa was born in Gisborne, on New Zealand’s North Island. She has both Māori and European ancestry, but little is known about her birth parents as she was adopted as an infant. She is the adopted daughter of an Irish mother and Māori father. In her teens and early 20s, Te Kanawa was a pop star and popular entertainer at clubs in New Zealand.
She was educated at Saint Mary’s College Auckland and formally trained in operatic singing by the celebrated Dame Sister Mary Leo, RSM, who was New Zealand’s best-known opera coach. She began her singing career as a mezzo-soprano, but later developed into a soprano. Her recording of the “Nuns’ Chorus” from the Strauss operetta Casanova was New Zealand’s first gold record.
Kiri married Desmond Park, whom she met on a blind date in Auckland in August 1967 and married 6 months later. The couple adopted two children, Antonia (1976) and Thomas (1979, named after Kiri’s adoptive father). The couple divorced in the late 1990s.
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Te Kanawa was born in Gisborne, on New Zealand’s North Island. She has both Māori and European ancestry, but little is known about her birth parents as she was adopted as an infant. She is the adopted daughter of an Irish mother and Māori father. In her teens and early 20s, Te Kanawa was a pop star and popular entertainer at clubs in New Zealand.
She was educated at Saint Mary’s College Auckland and formally trained in operatic singing by the celebrated Dame Sister Mary Leo, RSM, who was New Zealand’s best-known opera coach. She began her singing career as a mezzo-soprano, but later developed into a soprano. Her recording of the “Nuns’ Chorus” from the Strauss operetta Casanova was New Zealand’s first gold record.
Kiri married Desmond Park, whom she met on a blind date in Auckland in August 1967 and married 6 months later. The couple adopted two children, Antonia (1976) and Thomas (1979, named after Kiri’s adoptive father). The couple divorced in the late 1990s.
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elentaria wrote:
No, she's soprano lirico
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posstmonka wrote:
Is she spinto soprano???
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Forteski wrote:
Soprano group: http://www.last.fm/group/Soprano
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selcukalhan wrote:
türkiye'den baya hayranı var anlaşılan
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AlysonBrazil wrote:
Hi people... Im ALyson From Brazil, I sing and like too much this kind of song.. PleasesWacth my video.. HUgs ans Thanks... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A79cIJzA3AA
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CIRITO13 wrote:
Es una cantante fabulosa, realmente una maravilla, digna de ser escuchada y venerada
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TowerFestival wrote:
World renowned opera star DAME KIRI TE KANAWA will lead the Future Stars of Opera at the Continental Airlines Tower Festival on Wednesday 16th September 2009 at the Tower of London. Combining rare acting ability with one of the most beautiful soprano voices of her generation, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is among opera's most celebrated contemporary figures. Go to www.towerfestival.com for more information and tickets.
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onorecolto wrote:
Dinlediğim en iyi Tosca'lardan biri... Hissederek söylüyor, sesi ağlıyor sanki... Der Rosenkavalier DVD ya da CD sini de edinmenizi öneririm.
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Mirtrione wrote:
Great voice. Shame she is so snobby to other artists and her own fans.
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mamashakyhand wrote:
Love her version of Un bel di (Madama Butterfly) one of my favourites and O mio babbino caro.
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agnieszkaethos wrote:
very flexible voice and soft vibration!!! nice to hear :)
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SpongeJiggaBob wrote:
Marvelous
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alihaldan wrote:
MUHTESEM
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