Underwear tossing was the deal breaker, a lawsuit brought against renowned opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa contends. By The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia — Underwear tossing was the deal breaker, a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "I only wanted to do that. I never thought I'd do opera." As a child growing up in New Zealand, Dame ...

Although she already hasn't sung publicly in nearly a year, the 73-year-old lyric soprano from New Zealand told the BBC Wednesday morning: "That's... One of the world's best-known opera stars, Dame ...

New Zealand baritone Julien Van Mellaerts was presented with The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Laureate by the Foundation’s Founder and Chair, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. At a gala concert to celebrate Dame Kiri ...

Opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa fought back tears as she accepted a major classical music prize after revealing she will never sing in public again. Dame Kiri, 73, was honoured with the Lifetime ...

Samuel Mataele (countertenor), Sarah Mileham (soprano), Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono (baritone), Samuel Downes (tenor), compete in the Grand Final of the Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest - New Zealand’s biggest ...

Nun’s the word: Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade (right) is head judge for her friend’s Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest this month. Photo / Getty Images For a period, Frederica von Stade was the world’s ...

A 19-year-old countertenor from Auckland is the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest winner. Samuel Mataele won the $50,000 first prize at a gala event in Wellington on Saturday night, in Aotearoa New ...

Three Pacific opera singers are set to take centre stage in Wellington as finalists in the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest Grand Final.

Samuel Mataele, countertenor from Auckland, has been named the winner of the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest, Aotearoa New Zealand’s most prestigious opera competition, in a milestone year marking the ...