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 Sweeney until July 2015. Sweeney gave birth to her first child, a boy in September 2014. in October 2014, Sweeney announced she was back with Reilly. Claire and Daniel split up again in July 2015. She supports the charities Claire House Children’s Hospice, Queenie’s Christmas Charity and is a patron of Children's Liver Disease Foundation. Claire Sweeney Claire Jane Sweeney (born 17 April 1971) is an English actress, singer and television personality, best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera "Brookside" and her appearance on the first series of the reality TV show "Celebrity