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 Moore (singer) a James Bond special in the BBC Proms in September 2012. She was accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She was due to return to the London production of "The Phantom of the Opera" in September 2013, this time to play Carlotta Guidicelli, but her run was cancelled due to injury. In 2017 she played the lead role of Chris in "The Girls" at the Phoenix Theatre Claire Moore (singer) Claire Moore (2 January 1960 in Over Hulton, Bolton) is an English soprano singer and actress, best known for her leading role as Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom