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
Teresa De Sio Marengo), who gained the "Lino Micciché prize". Teresa De Sio Teresa De Sio (born 3 November 1952) is an Italian folk singer-songwriter and the sister of the actress Giuliana De Sio. She was born in Naples and lived in Cava de' Tirreni, the originary town of her family. In 1976 she started her career as singer with Eugenio Bennato and the "Musicanova", a group which centered in Neapolitan folk music. In 1980 she launched her first album as single artist ("Sulla terra sulla luna") and in 1982 she gained a national success in Italy with the album "Teresa De Sio",