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Crossover Jazz Singers: Kiri Te Kanawa, Al Jarreau

Crossover Jazz Singers: Kiri Te Kanawa, Al Jarreau


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Chapters: Kiri Te Kanawa, Al Jarreau. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE, AC (pronounced; born 6 March 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand) is a New Zealand soprano who has had a highly successful international opera career since 1968. Possessing a warm full lyric soprano voice, Te Kanawa's performance repertoire encompasses a wide array of works in multiple languages from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi, George Frideric Handel and Giacomo Puccini. Te Kanawa's voice has a vibrant but mellow quality that is ample in size without being overly heavy or forced. Although music critics have consistently praised the freshness and warmth of her voice, she has been at times criticised for her interpretations; with some critics feeling her performances lack vibrance, animation, and original expression. Nevertheless, the sheer beauty of Te Kanawa's voice made her one of the leading operatic sopranos internationally of the 1970s and 1980s. She found particular success in portraying princesses, noble countesses and other similar characters on stage, as her naturally dignified stage presence and physical beauty complemented these roles well. Although she now only rarely sings in operas, Te Kanawa still frequently performs in concert and recital, while giving masterclasses and supporting young opera singers to launch their careers. In August 2009, The Daily Telegraph (London) reported Te Kanawa is retiring because the discipline is exhausting. It said her last opera performance would be at the Cologne Opera in Germany in April 2010, when she plays the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. However, Te Kanawa denie...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=378926


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156993040
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156993040
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Kiri Te Kanawa, Al Jarreau
  • Width: 229 mm


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