László Heltay
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László Istvan Heltay was a Hungarian-born British conductor and choral director. Heltay is best known for contributing to the establishment of the Brighton Festival Chorus, the Chorus of the Academy o
László Heltay and Neville Marriner rehearse the 250th anniversary performance of Messiah at The Point, Dublin in April 1992
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
László Heltay
…Orchestra and was Director of Music at the New Zealand Opera. He gave the antipodean première of Britten's Albert Herring and claimed to have given Kiri Te Kanawa her first professional engagement before returning in 1967 to Britain to join Phoenix Opera as their conductor, with whom he worked for several seasons…
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