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Kiri Te Kanawa

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Kiri Te Kanawa studied voice in New Zealand, where she was a popular singer as a teenager. She enrolled in the London Opera Center in 1966, and had her Covent Garden debut 1 December 1971. Although her acting ability is highly regarded on the operatic stage, she has made few theatrical films. See full bio »

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Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
in Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand
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2013 Downton Abbey (TV series)
– Episode #4.1 (2013)
 
2006 Imagine (TV series)
– Being a Diva (2006)
 
1982-1995 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV series)
Amelia Grimaldi / Arabella / Princess von Werdenberg / …
– Simon Boccanegra (1995) … Amelia Grimaldi
– Arabella (1994) … Arabella
– Die Fledermaus (1986) … Rosalinde
– Der Rosenkavalier (1982) … Princess von Werdenberg
 
1993 Great Performances (TV series)
Alcina
– The Sorceress (1993) … Alcina
 
1993 Capriccio (TV movie)
The Countess
 
1992 Otello (TV movie)
Desdemona
 
1991 Meeting Venus
Elisabeth (Tannhäuser highlights performed by) (voice)
 
1991 Simon Boccanegra (TV movie)
Amelia
 
1985 Der Rosenkavalier (TV movie)
Marschallin
 
1984 Die Fledermaus (TV movie)
Rosalinde
 
1983 Manon Lescaut (TV movie)
Manon Lescaut
 
1982 Tosca (TV movie)
Tosca
 
1982 Otello (TV movie)
Desdemona
 
1980 La Bohème (TV movie)
Mimì
 
1979 Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira
 
1975 Le nozze di Figaro
La Contessa di Almaviva
 
1973 Le nozze di Figaro (TV movie)
Countess Almaviva
 
1964 Runaway
Isobel Wharewera
 
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2009 Doctors (TV series)
– We'll Meet Again (2009) (performer: "The Flower Duet" - uncredited)
 
2005 Obaba (performer: "Addio del Passato")
 
2004 In My Father's Den (performer: "Chants d'Auvergne - Series 1: Bailero")
 
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
– Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) (performer: "The Heart Is Slow To Learn")
 
1992 Peter's Friends (performer: "Madame Butterfly - Un bel di")
 
1991 Meeting Venus (performer: "Tannhäuser" extraits, "Du bis wie eine Blume")
 
1985 A Room with a View (performer: "O mio babbino caro", "Chi il bel sogno di doretta")
 
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously (performer: "Beim Schlafengehen")
 
Show ShowSelf (33 titles)
2010 BBC Proms (TV series)
Herself
– Last Night of the Proms (2010) … Herself (as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa)
 
2010 The ONE Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 May 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2007 The Royal Variety Performance 2007 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005 Airports and Overtures (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Breakfast with Frost (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 March 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2002 The Jubilee Girl (TV movie)
Herself/interviewee
 
2002 Prom at the Palace (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Kiri Maori (TV special)
Soprano (as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa)
 
1991-1998 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself (soprano) / Performer 'The Heart is Slow to Learn'
– Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) … Performer 'The Heart is Slow to Learn'
– Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio (1991) … Herself (soprano)
 
1998 The Kindness of Strangers
Herself
 
1997 A Golfer's Travels with Peter Alliss (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Scotland (1997) … Herself
 
1996 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV series)
Herself
– James Levine Gala (1996) … Herself
 
1995 Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa: Carols from Coventry Cathedral (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 Kiri Te Kanawa: Her Greatest Hits (TV movie)
Herself
 
1993 Gala Tribute to Tchaikovsky (TV special documentary)
Soprano
 
1992 Together... Kiri and Andre on Broadway (TV movie)
Herself
 
1991 Clive James on 1991 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1991 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Kiri Te Kanawa (1991) … Herself
 
1991 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: My World of Opera (TV documentary)
Herself - as hostess / Marschallin / Desdemona / …
 
1991 Kiri Te Kanawa (TV special)
 
1990 The Maestro and the Diva (TV documentary)
Herself - Soprano
 
1988 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.2 (1988) … Herself
 
1987 Wogan (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 May 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
1987 An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1985 The Making of 'West Side Story' (TV documentary)
Maria
 
1984 Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1984 Placido: A Year in the Life of Placido Domingo (TV documentary)
Soprano
 
1983 The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala (TV special)
Herself
 
1982 Understanding Opera with Stephen Oliver (TV series documentary)
Donna Elvira, etc
 
1981 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Kiri Te Kanawa (1981) … Herself
 
1981 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.3 (1981) … Herself
 
1971-1973 The Harry Secombe Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.2 (1973) … Herself
– Episode #3.2 (1972) … Herself
– Episode #2.6 (1971) … Herself
 
1966 Don't Let It Get You
Herself
 
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1998 Mozart: A Quest for Freedom (TV documentary)
La Contessa di Almaviva
 

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The aria has to be in my blood. See more »

Trivia:

In March 1998, at London's Royal Albert Hall, sang the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new song, "The Heart is Slow to Learn," which was intended to appear in the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. See more »

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