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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa 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". 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, performing works composed in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and singing in several languages. She was particularly associated with the music of Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini and Richard Strauss, and was often cast as an aristocrat. Her extensive discography includes three albums which featured in the top forty in charts in Australia in the mid-1980s. Towards the end of her career, Te Kanawa appeared in opera only rarely, preferring to perform in concerts and recitals. She also devoted much of her time to giving masterclasses and supporting young opera singers through the period of their apprenticeship. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiri_Te_Kanawa) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Delibes: The Flower Duet (From "Lakmé")
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Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
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Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
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Traditional: Po karekare Ana
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La Bohème: Quando m'en vò'

Albums

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Kiri Te Kanawa: A Portrait

Album2011
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Kiri te Kanawa sings Mozart & Strauss

Album2010
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Greatest Hits

Album2005
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Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro

Album2011
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Kiri Te Kanawa - Artist Portrait 2007

Album2007
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Kiri Te Kanawa sings Puccini and Verdi

Album2004
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Mozart : Don Giovanni

Album2011
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Verdi : La traviata [Highlights]

Album2007
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Mahler: Symphony No.4

Album2010
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Diva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Album2005

Videos

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LVHF 2017 | W. A. Mozart - Laudate Dominum, KV 339 - Patricia Janečková - Sopran

LVHF7.6M views
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Flowers Sand Art - O Mio Babbino Caro - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Cheeky Monkey4.5K views
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Mozart Laudate Dominum

Miguel1966BRZ511 views
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Blooms - The Flower Duet by Katherine Jenkins

svagisen8.5K views
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Mozart K339 - Laudate Dominum - Sierra Marcy, Soprano (2015)

Sierra Marcy Lary195K views
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - "I Dreamed a Dream" - "Les Misérable"

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa1M views
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Laudate Dominum (Mozart) | boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin (13 years)

Aksel Rykkvin14M views
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Mozart 'Figaro' Sull Aria Kiri Te Kanawa& Mirella Freni #opera #classicalmusic #classical #mozart

INFINITUM2.3K views
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Schubert: Gretchen am spinnrade", op.2, D.118 - Te Kanawa

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Christmas at the Opera

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Opera for the Ages

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