Kiri Te Kanawa is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Kiri Te Kanawa as New Zealand opera singer.
Kiri Te Kanawa was born at Gisborne in 1944. Her recorded nationality is New Zealand. She trained at St Mary's College.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
She worked as opera singer.
The instruments recorded are voice.
Her work is classed as classical music, opera and jazz.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
The honours record reads: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1982), Order of New Zealand (1995) and Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (1990).
That the work came out of New Zealand shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Achievements
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire — 1982
- Order of New Zealand — 1995
- Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia — 1990
- Instruments: voice
- Genres: classical music, opera and jazz
