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 ...

Kiri Te Kanawa’s farewell concert tour will touch down at the Ravinia Festival on July 19 when the celebrated diva will perform what is being billed as her final Chicago concert. The New Zealand-born ...

McCartney/Davis: Liverpool Oratorio, Kiri te Kanawa, Jerry Hadley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Angel).2. In Concert, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti (London).3.

The new Scarborough Open Air Theatre is delighted to host a spectacular evening of entertainment for its opening gala performance, on Friday 23rd July, with an unmissable concert by two of the world’s ...

When an opera singer with a particularly winning personality and a large popular following turns from the lyric stage to the recital hall, there is always the temptation to let the personality itself ...

Beauty may be, as the title character of Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera Vanessa puts it, “the hardest gift to keep.” But some folks manage to keep it awfully well. Just check out the soprano in that role ...

Renowned soprano Kiri Te Kanawa’s Saturday-evening recital at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall was billed as her “farewell” appearance in Washington. Having effectively retired from the operatic stage ...

Over the next several months, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, among operadom’s most beloved voices, will be singing on what is being billed as her farewell tour. As part of it, she stops by the Renée and Henry ...

Cymraeg Gwefan Cardiff Singer of the World yn y Gymraeg (Cardiff Singer of the World website in Welsh) Last updated: 03 March 2011 Jury member: BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Kiri Te Kanawa moved ...

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, ...