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 ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa gained legendary status almost overnight, following her sensational debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1971. She has since moved ...

Farewell appearances are tricky things, not always easy to spot reliably. Consider the case of Kiri Te Kanawa, who held a Davies Symphony Hall audience spellbound Sunday night with a program of French ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s 80th birthday celebrations went global with celebrations at London’s Opera Holland Park this week, it was the opera star who gave a life-changing gift to a young Kiwi baritone ...

Since then, Te Kanawa committed herself to nurturing young artists, sitting as a judge in singing competitions and establishing the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation which supports young musicians and singers ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has embarked on a farewell tour of sorts, and as part of it she stopped at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on Tuesday night. We say “of sorts” because the 63-year-old ...

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, ...