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UKiri Te Kanawa uthathe indawo yakhe emfanele phakathi kwezihlabani zomhlaba wonke cishe ngokushesha nje ngemuva kokuvela kwakhe okokuqala eCovent Garden (1971). Namuhla, lo mculi ubizwa ngokufanele ngokuthi omunye wama-soprano aqhakazile ekhulwini leminyaka. Izwi lakhe elingavamile kanye ne-repertoire ebanzi, ehlanganisa umculo wamakhulu eminyaka ahlukene kanye nezikole zaseYurophu, yadonsa ukunaka kwabaqhubi abakhulu besikhathi sethu - uClaudio Abbado, uSir Colin Davis, uCharles Duthoit, uJames Levine, uZubin Mehta, uSeiji Ozawa, uGeorg Solti.

UKiri Te Kanawa wazalwa ngoMashi 6, 1944 eGisborne ogwini olusempumalanga yeNew Zealand. Intombazane encane enegazi lamaMaori emithanjeni yayo yamukelwa umama wase-Ireland kanye nomMaori. Ubaba wakhe wokutholwa, uTom Te Kanawa, wamqamba ngokuthi uKiri ngoyise (okusho ukuthi “insimbi” ngesiMaori, phakathi kwabanye). Igama langempela likaKiri Te Kanawa nguClaire Mary Teresa Rawstron.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi u-Kiri Te Kanawa waqala njenge-mezzo-soprano futhi wacula ingoma ye-mezzo kwaze kwaba ngu-1971. Udumo lwamazwe ngamazwe lwalethwa kuye ngezindima zika-Xenia ku-Boris Godunov ngu-M. Mussorgsky kanye ne-Countess ku-VA Mozart. Ngaphezu kokudlala ngempumelelo e-Covent Garden, u-Kiri wenza i-debut ehlakaniphile ku-Metropolitan Opera njengo-Desdemona (i-Otello ka-G. Verdi).

Ukwehlukahlukana kwezithakazelo zomculo kaKiri Te Kanawa kudinga ukunakwa okukhethekile: ngaphezu kwama-opera nezingoma zasendulo (zabaqambi baseFrance, amaJalimane nabaseBrithani), uqophe ama-disc amaningana ezingoma ezidumile zikaJerome Kern, uGeorge Gershwin, u-Irving Berlin, kanye no. Izingoma zikaKhisimusi. Ngawo-1990 wakhombisa intshisekelo kwezobuciko besizwe samaMaori futhi waqopha idiski lezingoma zesintu zesiMaori (Izingoma zesiMaori, EMI Classic, 1999).

UKiri Te Kanawa ukhetha ukukhawulela i-operatic repertoire. “I-operatic repertoire yami ayinkulu kakhulu. Ngincamela ukuma ezingxenyeni ezimbalwa futhi ngizifunde kahle ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngokwesibonelo, i-opera yase-Italy, ngangicula kancane kakhulu. Ngokuyisisekelo, uDesdemona ("Othello") no-Amelia ("Simon Boccanegra") G. Verdi. Ngicule uManon Lescaut Puccini kanye kuphela, kodwa ngayiqopha le ngxenye. Ngokuyisisekelo, ngicula u-W. Mozart noR. Strauss,” kusho uKiri Te Kanawa.

Owine izindondo ezimbili ze-Grammy (ngo-1983 ku-Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, 1985 ku-L. Bernstein's Wet Side Story), u-Kiri Te Kanawa uneziqu zokuhlonishwa ezivela e-Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago kanye namanye amanyuvesi amaningi. Ngo-1982, iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth yamnikeza i-Order of the British Empire (kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, uKiri Te Kanawa wathola isiqalo esithi Dame, esifana nesikaSir, okungukuthi, waziwa ngokuthi u-Lady Kiri Te Kanawa). Ngo-1990, umculi waklonyeliswa Order of Australia, futhi ngo-1995, Order of New Zealand.

UKiri Te Kanawa akathandi ukuxoxa ngempilo yakhe yangasese. Ngo-1967, u-Kiri washada nonjiniyela wase-Australia u-Desmond Park, ahlangana naye "ngokungaboni". Lo mbhangqwana wamukela izingane ezimbili, u-Antonia noThomas (ngo-1976 no-1979). Ngo-1997, lo mbhangqwana wahlukanisa.

UKiri Te Kanawa ungumbhukudi osezingeni eliphezulu futhi ongumdlali wegalofu, uthanda ukushushuluza emanzini, upheka cishe ngobuchule njengoba ecula. UKiri uthanda izilwane futhi ubelokhu enezinja namakati amaningi. Lo mculi ungumlandeli omkhulu webhola lombhoxo, uthanda ukudoba nokudubula. Umsebenzi wakhe wakamuva wokuzilibazisa wenze okukhulu eScotland ngekwindla eyedlule ngesikhathi ezozingela ngenxa yesimemo somnikazi wenye yezinqaba zendawo. Ehlala ehhotela, wacela umamukeli wezivakashi ukuba ambonise ikamelo lokugcina izikhali ukuze azishiye ebusuku, okwabathusa kakhulu abaseScots abahloniphekile, baphuthuma ukubiza amaphoyisa. Amaphoyisa athola ngokushesha ukuthi yini le ndaba, futhi ngomusa athatha izibhamu ze-prima donna aziyisa esiteshini ukuze azigcine.

Sekunesikhathi uKiri Te Kanawa ethe uzophuma esiteji eseneminyaka engu-60. “Ngicabanga ukuthi uma ngithatha isinqumo sokushiya, ngeke ngixwayise muntu. Kulabo abafuna ukuhambela ikhonsathi yami yokugcina, kungcono basheshe ngoba noma iyiphi ikhonsathi ingase ibe ngeyokugcina.”

Nikolai Polezhaev