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
Opera in Cuba and "Kabelia" (1942). José Mauri Esteve composed numerous zarzuelas for the Alhambra Theater and one opera in three acts called "La Esclava", premiered on June 6, 1921 at the Teatro Nacional; and Bernardo Moncada, born in Trinidad, in 1888, composed the lyrical drama "Pasión Criolla", as well as the operas "Teresa" or "El grito de Yara" and "Amara" or "Los adoradores del sol". Also during the first half of the 20th century, the renowned composer Amadeo Roldán (1900-1939) wrote a so-called "gaelic opera" [sic.] in three acts, titled "Deirdre", from which he could only complete two acts before his premature