Kiri Te Kanawa in Recital - Otago Festival of the Arts

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will present her first ever solo recital in Dunedin. This is truly a one-off opportunity for Otago audiences to experience first hand the beauty, power and majesty of New Zealand’s most famous opera diva.

Dame Kiri’s long and dazzling international career, which has spanned decades, really took off in 1965 when she won the Mobil Song Quest in Dunedin. This year the British Recording Industry honoured her with the Classical Life Time Achievement “Brit” award.

Dame Kiri continues to fill concert halls to more than capacity around the world and the Festival is delighted that she has included Dunedin on her international circuit, which this year includes America, Finland, many parts of the UK, Germany and Spain.

Without the distraction of a full symphony orchestra Otago audiences will be able to enjoy the intimacy of this wonderful voice. Dame Kiri will be performing with her preferred piano accompanist – Dunedin’s Terence Dennis. She says, “Terence is world class - I acknowledge and admire his advice, and his musical integrity is second to none. We work together with great satisfaction”.

The repertoire will include Mozart, Strauss, Gustavino and Puccini.

This concert will be a unique event.

Event listed by OFA

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