Although she already hasn't sung publicly in nearly a year, the 73-year-old lyric soprano from New Zealand told the BBC Wednesday morning: "That's... One of the world's best-known opera stars, Dame ...

Renowned soprano Kiri Te Kanawa’s Saturday-evening recital at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall was billed as her “farewell” appearance in Washington. Having effectively retired from the operatic stage ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) – New Zealand opera star Kiri Te Kanawa will act, and sing, in an upcoming episode of the hit British stately home drama “Downton Abbey”, a spokeswoman for the ITV series said on ...

An icon of the international stage, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is one of the world's greatest opera singers of modern times. From modest beginnings in Gisborne, New Zealand, she achieved her success through ...

At the Downton Abbey press launch this week, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa told reporters she is thrilled to be part of the historical drama series which airs on the UK's ITV and PBS in the U.S. The opera star ...

Reporting from New York — In her four decades of performing on the international stage, Kiri Te Kanawa has appeared to live a fairy-tale existence. Adopted as an infant, Te Kanawa enjoyed a modest New ...

FILE - File photo dated May 13, 2010 of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. "Downton Abbey," the world's favorite country-house soap, is getting a dose of opera. Producers say soprano Kiri Te Kanawa will appear in ...

One of the world's best-known opera stars, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, has announced that she will never sing in public again — bringing a long, storied career to a close. Te Kanawa was named a Dame ...

One of the world's best-known opera stars, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, has announced that she will never sing in public again — bringing a long, storied career to a close. Te Kanawa was named a Dame ...