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Wednesday 16 September
DAME KIRI TE KANAWA
AND THE FUTURE STARS OF OPERA
WITH THE CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA
Kiri Te Kanawa gained legendary status almost overnight after her sensational debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1971. From then, she moved rapidly into the front rank of international opera, and has become one of the most famous sopranos in the world.
In the genre of opera, Kiri Te Kanawa is a familiar figure in the leading opera houses of the world - Covent Garden, the Metropolitan, the Chicago Lyric Opera, Paris Opera, Sydney Opera House, the Vienna State, La Scala, San Francisco, Munich and Cologne.
Kiri has released a number of distinguished recordings including the complete Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosí fan Tutte, Die Zauberflöte and Tosca, La Rondine and Manon Lescaut, plus Simon Boccanegra, Arabella, Otello, La Traviata, Der Rosenkavalier, Faust, Eugene Onegin, Carmen, Capriccio and La Bohème, along with selections of arias from French, Italian and German operas.
Kiri Te Kanawa was born in New Zealand, and carries the exotic blood of native Maori aristocracy. By the time she was twenty she had won the major vocal prizes available in the South Pacific, and had also started her recording career - unusual for a prima donna in any era. After moving to London and studying at the London Opera Centre, she was engaged to sing a Flower Maiden at Covent Garden. Sir Colin Davis' attention was caught, and the young Kiri Te Kanawa was marked for Mozart's Countess, after first appearing as Carmen in Britain and New Zealand.
Since that memorable Figaro, she has mastered a large repertoire from the classics of opera to the art songs of French, German and British composers, and a great treasury of contemporary popular music.
Dame Kiri is dedicated to working with the next generation of Opera Stars. She has set up her own Foundation to Mentor young Singers from her home Country New Zealand, She regularly works with young singers at the Metropolitan Opera New York,and amongst other similar projects teaches each summer at the Solti-Te Kanawa Academia in Italy.
The concert will feature young artists specially chosen by Dame Kiri, all of whom recently attended masterclasses with Dame Kiri at the Solti Te Kanawa Academy: they will include the young Lithuanian soprano, Lauryna Bendziunaite : Phillip Rhodes, baritone, from New Zealand and Roberto Gomez, Tenor, from Mexico.
The Evening will feature the following favourites, plus many more *.
Danse Boheme – Carmen – Bizet
Largo al Factotum – Barbiere di Sivilglia – Rossini
E Lucevan le Stella – Tosca – Puccini
Donizetti’s O Luce di quest’anima, from Linda di Chamounix,
Una Furtiva Lagrima – Elisir d’amore, Donizetti
“Somewhere” - West Side Story – Bernstein
“You’ll never walk alone “ Carousel – Rodgers/Hammerstein
*All repertoire subject to final confirmation
www.kiritekanawa.org
DOORS Doors 6pm / Show 7.30pm
TICKET PRICES:
£45 / £40 / £27.50
SUBJECT TO BOOKING FEE
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