Research Catalog

Title

Kiri Te Kanawa [videorecording] / produced and directed by Nigel Wattis ; [produced by London Weekend Television in association with RM Arts and TVNZ].

Publication

Long Beach, Calif : Pioneer, c1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Te Kanawa, Kiri.
• Wattis, Nigel.
• Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
• London Weekend Television (Firm)
• RM Arts (Firm)
• Television New Zealand.
• Pioneer LDC, Inc.

Description

1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col.; 12 in.

Summary

Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the world's best known sopranos, talks about her life and career in this video, which follows her through a turbulent year during which she gives concerts and recitals and prepares to sing the demanding role of Madeleine in Strauss's opera, Capriccio.

Subjects

• Te Kanawa, Kiri
• Operas
• Sopranos (Singers) > Biography

Note

• Many of the songs and arias are not included in their entirety, and some include voiceover narration. The arias from Arabella and Capriccio are taken from staged performances and are complete.

Credits (note)

• Edited by Melvyn Bragg ; designer, Rodney Cammish ; subtitles, Orna Kustow ; film researcher, Philip Windeatt ; research, Melissa Raimes.

System Details (note)

• Laserdisc extended play CLV, digital sound, CX.

Language (note)

• Spoken material in English ; sung material in English, Maori, Italian, German, and French with occasional English subtitles.

Contents

Art is calling for me (I want to be a prima donna) from Enchantress / Victor Herbert -- Summertime from Porgy and Bess / George Gershwin -- Po kare kare ana / Traditional -- Io son l'umile ancella from Adriana Lecouvreur / Francesco Cilèa -- I could have danced all night from My fair lady / Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe -- Now is the hour (Maori farewell song) / Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott, Dorothy Stewart -- Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro from Nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Das war sehr gut, Mandryka from Arabella / Richard Strauss -- Non disperar; chi sa? from Giulio Cesare ; Let the bright seraphim from Samson / George Frideric Handel -- Quelle belle vie from Louise / Gustave Charpentier -- Ruhe sanft from Zaide / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Beim schlafengehen from Vier lutzte Lieder / Richard Strauss -- Exsultate jubilate / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht ; Du wirst geliebt ; Du Spiegelbild der verliebten Madeleine from Capriccio / Richard Strauss -- O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicci / Giacomo Puccini.

Call Number

*LVD 159 (C)

OCLC

34317313

Title

Kiri Te Kanawa [videorecording] / produced and directed by Nigel Wattis ; [produced by London Weekend Television in association with RM Arts and TVNZ].

Imprint

Long Beach, Calif : Pioneer, c1991.

System Details

Laserdisc extended play CLV, digital sound, CX.

Credits

Edited by Melvyn Bragg ; designer, Rodney Cammish ; subtitles, Orna Kustow ; film researcher, Philip Windeatt ; research, Melissa Raimes.

Performer

Kiri Te Kanawa ; Georg Solti ; narrator and interviewer, Melvyn Bragg.

Language

Spoken material in English ; sung material in English, Maori, Italian, German, and French with occasional English subtitles.

Added Author

Te Kanawa, Kiri.

Wattis, Nigel.

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-

London Weekend Television (Firm)

RM Arts (Firm)

Television New Zealand.

Pioneer LDC, Inc.

Research Call Number

*LVD 159 (C)