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Te Kanawa

[ ti kah-nuh-wuh ]

noun

  1. Dame Ki·ri [keer, -ee], born 1944, New Zealand operatic soprano and concert singer.


Te Kanawa

/ teɪ ˈkɑːnəwə /

noun

  1. Te KanawaKiri, Dame1944FNew ZealandMUSIC: operatic soprano Dame Kiri (ˈkɪrɪ). born 1944, New Zealand operatic soprano
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He died aged 74 in 2020 and made costumes for ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev and opera stars Dame Joan Sutherland and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

From BBC

He guided revered performers such as Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Cecilia Bartoli and Kiri Te Kanawa and earned a reputation as one of the most supportive conductors and accompanists in the field.

An aria from Puccini’s “La Rondine,” sung by soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, fills the warm afternoon air with shivery, delicate longing.

When the full 5,500 words of cray drop, I’m going to read them all listening to that Kiri Te Kanawa one from A Room With a View.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has announced her retirement from public performance after a career that has spanned almost five decades.

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