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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has said that she "couldn't say 'yes' fast enough" to appearing in Downton Abbey. Te Kanawa has been cast as real-life opera singer Dame Nellie Melba in Downton Abbey's fourth ...

The real Dame Nellie, as played by Kiri Te Kanawa in Downton Abbey, was an old soak who would never have tolerated being treated as a tradesperson Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa decked out ...

Attending the opera is a little like throwing a dinner party. There are so many little details to worry about -- what to wear, where to sit, what to say -- that it's easy to lose track of why you're ...

New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa looks back at her life in song through 40 years of performances from the archives, including rugby anthem World in Union on Top of the Pops.

"The achingly beautiful Strauss songs demonstrated her superb artistry with delicate pianissimo, a light vibrato and luscious legato rising to honey-coloured top notes." Courier Mail - February 2011 ...

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - The stage was strewn with daffodils and a cake was wheeled out as Dame Kiri te Kanawa celebrated her 70th birthday on Thursday singing on stage at Covent Garden where the ...

EMI Classics has released a disc called “Kiri Sings Karl.” Kiri, we know: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the veteran soprano from New Zealand. But who’s Karl? He is Karl Jenkins, a Welshborn composer who is ...