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
Teresa Kubiak Teresa Kubiak Teresa Kubiak (born 26 December 1937) is a Polish operatic soprano. Born in Ldzań in the Łódź Voivodeship, she studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź. Kubiak is best known for her recording of the role of Tatyana in Georg Solti's recording of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin", which was used for Petr Weigl's 1988 film of the opera. She was also known for her performances of Liza in Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame". Kubiak made her American debut in 1970 at Carnegie Hall, New York City, as Sulamith in Goldmark's "Die Königin von Saba". She sang at the Metropolitan Opera