Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa
On 1 December 1971 the young Kiri Te Kanawa took the operatic world by storm when she made her debut as the Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at Covent Garden.
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Patricia Payne
Dunedin-born mezzo-soprano Patricia Payne had a brilliant career from the early 1970s, singing on many of the world’s great stages – Barcelona, Covent Garden, Bayreuth (including Patrice Chéreau’s Ring cycle alongside Donald McIntyre), San Francisco, Geneva, and La Scala in Milan.
Lilli Lehmann
Distinguished German soprano
Lillian Nordica
American soprano
Emma Eames
American operatic prima donna
Giulia Grisi
Dramatic operatic soprano
Angelica Catalani
Italian singer
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa
English opera singer
Luisa Tetrazzini
Italian prima donna
Emma Abbott
American singer who was one of the most popular sopranos of her time.