Kiri Te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa[1] ONZ CH DBE AC (/ˈkɪri təˈkɑːnəwə/;[2] born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced".[3] Te Kanawa had three top 40 albums in Australia in the mid-1980s.