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.
Heather Begg
As a 21-year-old mezzo-soprano, Nelson-born Heather Begg (1932–2009) auditioned to be part of the National Opera of Australia’s tour of New Zealand in 1954. She was offered three principal roles, including the demanding Azucena in Verdi’s Il trovatore.
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Lilli Lehmann
Distinguished German soprano
Rachael Baptist
Celebrated singer in Dublin’s pleasure gardens in the 1750s
Emma Eames
American operatic prima donna
Giulia Grisi
Dramatic operatic soprano
Elizabeth Ann Linley
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Angelica Catalani
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