Kiri Te Kanawa threw their underwear on stage, which he would then proudly display. The court found that no contract had been made by the two parties, so Te Kanawa was not liable for damages, but Mittane, the company which employs and manages her, was ordered to reimburse Leading Edge A$130,000 for expenditures already incurred. 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
Layla Claire Layla Claire Layla Claire is a Canadian soprano opera singer. She was born in Penticton, British Columbia. She is a graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist at the Metropolitan Opera, where she made her debut as Tebaldo in "Don Carlos" in 2010. She studied at Université de Montréal and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009. She was was awarded the Prix des Amis d’Aix-en-Provence for best Mozart performance for her 2012 European debut as Sandrina (La finta giardiniera) and has since made acclaimed debuts at Salzburger Festspiele as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Opernhaus Zürich as the Governess