Dame Kiri Te Kanawa / produced and directed by Nigel Wattis.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Place of publication not identified] : LWT and RM Arts ; Chatsworth, Calif., ©2001,©1991.
Description1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Te Kanawa, Kiri.
Opera--Excerpts.

Other author/creatorTe Kanawa, Kiri.
Other author/creatorSolti, Georg, 1912-1997.
Other author/creatorTate, Jeffrey.
Other author/creatorBarlow, Stephen, 1954-
Other author/creatorHopkins, John, 1927-2013.
Other author/creatorBragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Other author/creatorWattis, Nigel.
Other author/creatorNew Zealand Symphony Orchstra.
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra.
Other author/creatorWiener Philharmoniker.
Contents Scene selections: Opening -- An operatic fairy tale -- The Maori way of life -- Her first teacher -- "I'd much rather be Tina Turner..." -- New Zealand's Song of Farewell -- Structure and regimen -- Rehearsing Arabella -- Performing The Marriage of Figaro -- Her love for the statge -- Too much, too soon? -- Reunion with Sir George Solti -- The Aotea Centre -- Learning Capriccio -- A fitting career climax -- End credits.
Abstract In this definitive film profile, a camera crew shares a year in the life of Dame Kiri as she performs throughout the world. It includes extensive performance pieces with arias by Cilea, Puccini, Handel and Mozart, a specially staged sequence of the closing scene from Capriccio and songs by Richard Strauss.
General noteTitle from disc label.
CreditsEditor, Melvyn Bragg.
Cast Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir George Solti, Jeffrey Tate, Stephen Barlow, John Hopkins, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Vienna Phiharmonic ; narrator, Melvyn Bragg.
UPC 014381930627
Publisher numberID9306RADVD Image Entertainment

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