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, ...

KIRI Te Kanawa became one of opera's most celebrated stars during a legendary career that spanned almost five decades. The world-renowned soprano, 74, also performed at Princes Charles' wedding to ...

Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa fought back tears as she accepted a major classical music prize after revealing she will never sing in public again. Dame Kiri, 73, was honoured with the Lifetime ...

One of the world's best-known opera stars, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, has announced that she will never sing in public again — bringing a long, storied career to a close. Te Kanawa was named a Dame ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, patron of Cardiff Singer of World, looks forward to the 2017 competition and pays tribute to Sir Bryn Terfel, who won the song prize back in 1990 and was knighted earlier by the ...

Soprano singer Kiri Te Kanawa to appear in upcoming season of UK period drama ‘Downton Abbey’ Downton Abbey, the world’s favourite country-house soap, is getting a dose of opera. Producers say soprano ...

When it comes to attracting a large and susceptible audience to a Ravinia benefit gala, there is nothing quite like a Dame. This was the same Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who had left Ravinia in the lurch when ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has condemned the idea that female opera singers should have to be skinny to be successful. In an interview with Radio Times, the Kiwi soprano and operatic stalwart has attacked ...

Te Kanawa, 69, who has retired from opera, said too much emphasis was now put on singers' appearance, adding that often they were "more beautiful than their voice". "That's a bit of a sadness," she ...