Puccini la rondine kiri te kanawa biography
Puccini la rondine kiri te kanawa biography
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Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand opera singer
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ CH DBEAC | |
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Te Kanawa in 2013 | |
| Born | Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron (1944-03-06) 6 March 1944 (age 80) Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Opera singer (soprano) |
| Years active | 1968–2017 |
| Spouse | Desmond Park (m. 1967; div. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa[1] (;[2] born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer.
She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced".[3] On 1 December 1971 she was recognised internationally when she appeared as the Countess in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House in London.
Te Kanawa received accolades in many countries,[4][5] performing works composed in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and singin