Kiri Te Kanawa New Zealand

Biography

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, AC, DBE, (IPA: /?ki?ri ?te? ?k??n?w?/, 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 M?ori and European ancestry, but little is known about her birth parents as she was adopted as an infant.

Popular Songs

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  Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act II, Scene I. no. 11 Cavatina "Porgi, amor qualche ristoro" (La Contessa)

  The Essential Kiri

  171 BPM
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  You'll Never Walk Alone

  The Essential Kiri

  90 BPM
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  World in Union

  Kiri

  105 BPM
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  Tahi Nei taro kino

  Maori Songs

  79 BPM
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  Tarakihi (The Locust)

  Maori Songs

  185 BPM

Discography

Kiri

2001

Maori Songs

1999

Our Christmas Songs for You

1996

Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols From Coventry Cathedral

1995

Kiri Sings Porter

1994

The Essential Kiri

1992

Kiri Sidetracks

1992

Magic: Kiri Sings Michel Legrand

1992

Heart To Heart

1991

Italian Opera Arias (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Myung-Whun Chung, soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa)

1990

Blue Skies

1985

Ave Maria (English Chamber Orchestra, feat. conductor: Barry Rose, soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa, choir: Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral)

1984

Come to the Fair: Folk Songs & Ballads

1984

A Portrait of Kiri Te Kanawa

1983