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
Claire Rutter Claire Rutter Claire Rutter (born 1967 in South Shields) is an English operatic soprano. Claire Rutter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio. Her title role performances have included those in "Norma" and "Tosca" at Grange Park Opera, and in "Lucrezia Borgia", "La Traviata" and "Aida" at English National Opera. She has also sung the role of Sieglinde in "Die Walküre" at Grange Park Opera. Her performances in the United States include those with Dallas Opera in 2003 (as Fiordiligi in "Così fan tutte") and Santa Fe Opera in 2008 (as Alice