What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has embarked on a farewell tour of sorts, and as part of it she stopped at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall on Tuesday night. We say “of sorts” because the 63-year-old ...

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa shares a joyful Kiwi Christmas with her grandson Luther, celebrating family, love, and the legacy of the ...

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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 ...

Jon Culshaw, Asmaa Al-allak, Tommy Jessop, Alice Oseman, Molly Lemon...in nature Suzi Quatro, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby (aka BOSH!), Amy McCulloch, Ros Atkins, Nicky Dorrington...in nature Angela ...

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 ...

It was a chocolate and Champagne sort of night at the Hollywood Bowl. The festive mood at Friday’s season-opening concert proved extra-conducive for enjoying those consumables from one’s picnic basket ...

Farewell appearances are tricky things, not always easy to spot reliably. Consider the case of Kiri Te Kanawa, who held a Davies Symphony Hall audience spellbound Sunday night with a program of French ...

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 ...

Norman Lebrecht talks to New Zealand opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who reminisces about her life and career, including singing at the royal wedding in 1981. Show more Norman Lebrecht interviews Dame ...