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 King Claire King Jayne Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed; 10 January 1963) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale" (1989–99, 2018–) and Karen Betts in "Bad Girls". She has appeared in the fourth series of "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2006, "Safari School" in 2007, and "Celebrity Big Brother 14" in 2014. She played Erica Holroyd in "Coronation Street" from 2014 until 2017. She has appeared in panto at the Grand Opera House, Belfast in 2017 as the Magical Mermaid in "Peter Pan". King grew up in