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    1. Kiri te Kanawa and Karl Jenkins

      1. Karl Jenkins and Kiri te Kanawa

      Conductor Karl Jenkins and singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa pose in the Awards Room at the Classical Brit Awards 2006 at The Royal Albert Hall on May 4, 2006 in London. The annual classical music awards are presented in categories including Newcomer, Critic's Choice and International Male and Female.

    2. Kiri te Kanawa performing

      2. Kiri te Kanawa

      New Zealand's Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the world's greatest sopranos, sings on 1 July 2000 at the opening of the Beiteddine Festival on Mount Lebanon, about 45 kms southeast of Beirut. Accompanied by the Budapest Concert Orchestra, Te Kanawa performed in front of a crowd of 4,000.

    3. Kiri te Kanawa as the Countess

      3. Kiri te Kanawa

      Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess in Mozart's opera 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

    4. Kiri Te Kanawa

      4. Kiri Te Kanawa

      Kiri Te Kanawa at the Brit Awards.

    5. Kiri te Kanawa singing to the Queen

      5. Kiri te Kanawa

      Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings happy birthday to Queen Elizabeth II during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2006 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), 15 March 2006. A global audience of 1.5 billion people are expected to tune in to see the Queen declare the showpiece 12-day event open in front of 80,000 spectators.

    6. Kiri te Kanawa receives flowers

      6. Kiri te Kanawa

      New Zealand's Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the world's most celebrated sopranos, receives flowers at the end of her concert with the Russian National Orchestra directed by Vladimir Spivakov in Moscow, 10 June 2004.

    7. Kiri Te Kanawa

      7. Kiri Te Kanawa

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