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Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa is a New Zealand former opera singer. Her career included a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced".
Birth Name
Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
Born
Monday, 06 March 1944
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bafta Celebrates Downton Abbey | Self | 2015 |
| The Bolt Report | Self | 2011 |
| Downton Abbey | Dame Nellie Melba | 2010 |
| The South Bank Show Revisited | Self | 2010 |
| Great Performances at the Met | Self - Talk Guest from Evening Performance 'La Fille Du Régiment' (Intermission) | 2006 |
| Imagine | Self - Soprano | 2003 |
| The Kindness of Strangers | Self | 1998 |
| Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight | Self | 1997 |
| Together... Kiri and Andre on Broadway | Self | 1992 |
| Meeting Venus | Elisabeth (Tannhäuser highlights performed by) | 1991 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bafta Celebrates Downton Abbey | Self | 2015 |
| The Bolt Report | Self | 2011 |
| Downton Abbey | Dame Nellie Melba | 2010 |
| The South Bank Show Revisited | Self | 2010 |
| Great Performances at the Met | Self - Talk Guest from Evening Performance 'La Fille Du Régiment' (Intermission) | 2006 |
| Imagine | Self - Soprano | 2003 |
| The Kindness of Strangers | Self | 1998 |
| Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight | Self | 1997 |
| Together... Kiri and Andre on Broadway | Self | 1992 |
| Meeting Venus | Elisabeth (Tannhäuser highlights performed by) | 1991 |
| Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: My World of Opera | Self - as hostess / Marschallin / Desdemona / Rosalinde | 1991 |
| Simon Boccanegra | Amelia | 1991 |
| Going Live! | Self | 1987 |
| An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa | Self | 1987 |
| The Making of 'West Side Story' | Maria | 1985 |
| Aspel & Company | Self | 1984 |
| Die Fledermaus | Rosalinda / Rosalinde | 1984 |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala | Self / Herself | 1983 |
| Wogan | Herself (as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) | 1982 |
| Don Giovanni | Donna Elvira | 1979 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| The Metropolitan Opera Presents | Self / Rosalinde / Princess von Werdenberg / Arabella / Amelia Grimaldi | 1977 |
| A World of Music | Self | 1976 |
| Jim'll Fix It | Self | 1975 |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Cherubino / La Contessa di Almaviva | 1975 |
| Great Performances | Self (soprano) / Alcina | 1971 |
| Runaway | Isobel Wharewera | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself | 1961 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
