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 ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s life began far from the glamorous world of opera. She was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, where she was raised by adoptive parents. She says her father, who owned a trucking ...

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 ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa gained legendary status almost overnight, following her sensational debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1971. She has since moved ...

1. Verdi and Puccini: Arias, Kiri Te Kanawa (CBS). 2. The Movies Go to the Opera, various artists (Angel). 3. Hanson: Symphonies 1 and 2, Seattle Symphony (Delos). 4. Live in Tokyo 1988, Kathleen ...