Kiri Te Kanawa

Incomparable Dame Kiri Te Kanawa gained her legendary status almost overnight after her sensational debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. From then, she moved rapidly into the front rank of the international opera, and has become one of the most famous sopranos in the world. Now, in her return visit to Marin County, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa brings to Marin Center an unforgettable evening of music-singing the most glorious arias in the classical soprano repertoire. In recent concerts, Dame Te Kanawa was praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for her "wondrous hallmarks...her creamy, luxuriant vocal tone, sumptuous phrasing and unmannered expressiveness."