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Early in 1990, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa made a triumphant return to her native New Zealand to give three concerts, the last of which – in an outdoor event in Wellington, attracted an audience of more than seventy five thousand people enjoyed music ranging from Puccini to My Fair Lady.
Just over a year later, Kiri delighted an invited audience at Christopher Wren's Chapel of the Royal Navy College in Greenwich, London, with a program of Handel and Mozart. The climax of the evening – Mozart’s ‘Exsultate Jubilate’ – was acclaimed as of her finest ever performance.
Highlights from these memorable performances in two very different settings provide a perfect showcase for Kiri's unique voice.
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Concert
“Io son l'unmile ancella” Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
“In quelle trine morbide” Manon Lescaut (Puccini)
“Pace, pace, mio dio” La Forza del Destino (Verdi)
“Tu, che di gel” Turandot (Puccini)
“Chi il bel sogno di Doretta” La Rondine (Puccini)
“Pokarekare ana” Traditional
“Home Sweet Home” (arr. Bishop)
“I Could Have Danced All Night” My Fair Lady (Lerner/Loewe)
Region: 1 (US and Canada)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Picture Format: NTSC
Color: Color
Subtitles: English Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Italy
2.
Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
3.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
4.
Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
5.
La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1917; Italy
6.
Pokarekare Ana by Traditional
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
7.
Home Sweet Home by Traditional
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
8.
My Fair Lady: I could have danced all night by Frederick Loewe
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1956; USA
9.
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Non disperar, chi sa? by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; London, England
10.
Atalanta, HWV 35: Care selve by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1736; London, England
11.
Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1773; Milan, Italy
12.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
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