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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: The Fairytale Diva
What It Takes®
English - October 07, 2019 07:05 - 43 minutes - 41.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 913 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Arts arts music science sports politics film technology literature military social justice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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She was a Maori child from a working class family, who grew up by the sea in a remote New Zealand town... So how did Kiri Te Kanawa rise to become one of the greatest sopranos of all time? She tells the story here, starting with a vision her mother had of her singing at Covent Garden, a vision that became a reality. She also tells the hair-raising tale of her accidental debut at the Met; she was given just three hours notice, but it turned her into an international opera superstar, overnight. And she describes with great amusement, her invitation to sing at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
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