Major speaking at the Dame Malvina Major Foundation's 35th anniversary concert at Government House, Wellington, on 11 March 2026
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
Malvina Major
…Sister Mary Leo at St Mary's College. Sister Mary Leo was internationally recognised for having some of the country's best known singers, including Kiri Te Kanawa. In 1965, Major married Winston William Richard Fleming, and the couple had three children. Fleming died in 1990…
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