Q&A When did you start singing? Maybe at 5. Why did you start singing? I always loved to sing anywhere, anytime. Which singer inspired you most when you were young? Gwen Verdon, Julie Andrews. Which singer do you most admire? It’s hard to choose… favourites are Janet Baker, Susan Graham, Richard Stilwell, Joyce DiDonato, Kiri […]
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa: when I haven’t got the energy I’ll go and sit under a palm tree and drink pina coladas
Kiri Te Kanawa’s in Australia for a recital tour. On the eve of her Melbourne concert she talked to The Age. On the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation and the Solti Te Kanawa Accademia di Bel Canto ‘[When I started] there was hardly any advice, no young people’s programs or summer schools, no one you could talk […]
Kiri Te Kanawa on divas, puppies & Luther Vandross – but avoids commenting on Katherine Jenkins
Ahead of her much-anticipated Belfast Festival appearance, Matthew McCreary of the Belfast Telegraph talks to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. In what is a rather mundane interview (the fault of the Dame, not the interviewer) here are the most interesting replies: You will be singing a duet alongside Ben McAteer, the winner of the NI Opera Festival […]
“Jackie – Celebrating Marilyn Horne” – Metropolitan Opera Luncheon 2011
The Metropolitan Opera Guild pays tribute to Marilyn Horne, on Monday, October 31. Stars and fans of opera will come together in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria for the Guild’s 77th Annual Luncheon. “Jackie – Celebrating Marilyn Horne” will honour the incomparable achievements of one of the greatest singers of our time with tributes from her […]
Opera News honours Kaufmann, Racette, Te Kanawa, Terfel and Muti at its 6th edition of the Opera Awards
Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Barbara Cook joined director Francis Ford Coppola and playwright John Guare on Sunday to present this year’s Opera News Awards. Five artists were recognized for their international musical achievements: German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, American soprano Patricia Racette, New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel and Italian conductor […]
