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Dame kiri in Russia, April 2010 - Brief Interview
Dame Kiri gives an interview on a Russian TV. April, 2010; before her concert in Moscow. Credits for finding the video and for the translation goes to Neli Gerbafsits - www.youtube.com Translation: The New Zealand opera diva Kiri te Kanawa is doing her "farewell tour" over the world. This news has upset her all admirers. But the rumors occurred false. "My tour is lasting forty years. I am touring without a break. I don't retire. My concerts are confirmed till 2014. This all happens because of internet! May one reporter mention anything and the rest of his colleagues join him chorusing. Today she is called one of the best sopranos of the century. Kiri te Kanawa has performed together with Domingo, Careras, Pavarotti. She was awarded with Grammy. She is a current knight in a skirt - dame (decorated with the medal of the British Empire. This honor suits her. Though she loves the highest kind of the musical art, she is remaining modest and real. I practice golf, I adore hunting and fishing. I shoot very well and my boat is called "Arabella" This name has been given for some reason. Arabella is one of her preferred characters. But opera is only a part of her skills. Her voice became famous because of its universality. She recorded several CDs with songs by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin.... In the 90thies she turned to her roots and made a disk containing Maori songs. Maori this is the resident population of New Zealand. The name Kiri translated into English means "bell <b>...</b>