Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa ONZ DBE ACis a New Zealand soprano who has had a successful international opera career since 1968. She possesses a warm full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced"...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth6 March 1944
CityGisborne, New Zealand
Kiri Te Kanawa quotes about
singers very-good good-words
The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.
singers influence
I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.
entertainment television grew
I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.
creative roles interpretation
I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio.
hearts life occasions sing songs
We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people.