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 ...

WHEN a baseball pitcher ages, the first thing to go is his legs. When an operatic soprano ages, it is usually the high notes and the breath that go first. Then there is Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. The Kiwi ...

AS a special guest of the San Francisco Symphony, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa gives a recital Sunday night at Davies Symphony Hall. Be there, for the beautiful Kiwi soprano turned 60 this year and this may be ...

Over the next several months, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, among operadom’s most beloved voices, will be singing on what is being billed as her farewell tour. As part of it, she stops by the Renée and Henry ...

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 Zealand youth ...

Beauty may be, as the title character of Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera Vanessa puts it, “the hardest gift to keep.” But some folks manage to keep it awfully well. Just check out the soprano in that role ...

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 ...

Acclaimed international soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa celebrates the elegance of the Classical and Romantic eras with a very special recital at Auckland’s premier venue, the ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, ...

Unlike billionaire MP Clive Palmer earlier this week, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at least succeeded in staying awake in the Australian Parliament yesterday - although the arcane details of dole eligibility, ...

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 ...