Auckland City Harbour News | Thursday, 03 January 2008
One of Auckland’s most famous daughters will perform during the Skycity Starlight Symphony at the Auckland Domain on February 23.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will make a special appearance, her first at the Domain since 1996.
"I am excited to be part of it," she says. "It is a wonderful opportunity to showcase some of New Zealand’s greatest musical talent, which is something I am very passionate about supporting."
Dame Kiri was born in Gisborne but spent a good part of her early years with her adoptive parents in Blockhouse Bay. She received singing lessons from Dame Sister Mary Leo at St Mary’s in Ponsonby.
Dame Kiri moved to London to further her studies and made a name for herself appearing in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, at Sante Fe then at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1971.
Her recordings ar as extensive and was a soloist at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral.
More than 600 million people are thought to have tuned in to her performance.
Dame Kiri will star along with some of the country’s best operatic voices, accompanied by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
All the proceeds to go to Kidz First Children’s Hospital.
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