Kiri Te Kanawa
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Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa is a New Zealand opera singer. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". On 1 December 1971 sh
Te Kanawa in 2024
Te Kanawa (right), c. 1960s
Te Kanawa with the cast of La fille du régiment at the Metropolitan Opera, 24 December 2011
Te Kanawa in 2013
Nellie Melba
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Dame Nellie Melba was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century, and was the first Australian
Kiri Te Kanawa
…Handa's inaugural Tokyo Global Concert at Nakano-Zero Hall in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, on 10 September 2013. In October 2013 she appeared in the role of Nellie Melba in the television series Downton Abbey. On 13 September 2017, Te Kanawa announced her retirement from performing. She then committed herself to nurture…
Melba, c. 1907
Melba, drawn by Frank Haviland
Melba in costume for Lucia di Lammermoor, 1888 (photo by Nadar)
Philippe, Duke of Orléans