Kiri Te Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand soprano. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te Kanawa has received accolades in many countries, singing a wide array of works in many languages dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini, and has found considerable success in portraying princesses, nobility, and other similar characters on stage. Though she rarely sang opera
John Templeton (opera singer) age of 50 and lived at what is now called Templeton Lodge in Parkside, Richmond, Surrey and at 114 High Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex. Both sites are marked with blue plaques. He died at his home in Hampton on 2 July 1886. A monument to his memory stands on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. John Templeton (opera singer) John Templeton (1802–1886) was a British opera singer. A tenor, he sang at the first English productions of Mozart's operas "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute". He was born at Riccarton, near Kilmarnock, the son of Robert Templeton. He was the youngest of three