Talk:Kiri Te Kanawa

Pop song?

The article says she sang a "pop song" when winning the Mobil Song Quest. Is that true? I can't find a ref for it anywhere. Moriori 07:41, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Vanessa

Text and Career Highlights mention 2 different years for her final opera performance in "Vanessa": 2002 and 2004. Which is the correct year? --212.202.162.151 14:01, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

• I saw her in the the Washington National Opera performance in 2004; shortly afterwards, she performed the role in LA for the last time.

Vivaverdi 18:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

kiri foundation

I think her foundation is worth mentioning, and if you think the information is in breach of copyright, then please edit the information to make it unique.Bouncingmolar 15:13, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

It looks like a legitimate thing to include, and you have appropriately included a reference for your quotation from the mission statement. Viva-Verdi 18:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

cheers ;) Bouncingmolar 23:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

pronunciation

The pronunciation that was given appeared to be English, but it was rather ambiguous. I did my best to fix it up, but please verify. kwami 01:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

The English pronunciation is "Kir ree". The New Zealand one is more like "Curry" as in "Curry Tee Kumara" (but better to use the English one). Note that Kumara is a New Zealand vegitable. Wallie (talk) 09:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Only if you're [Lynn of Tawa] could it possibly sound like "curry" 121.73.164.238 (talk) 00:35, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

If we are to use the English pronunciation, then the last vowel of "Kiri" ought to be short, by analogy with "happy" (/'hæpi/). This is confirmed here. As usual it is preferable on Wikipedia to use a generic transcription, which will be realized differently in different dialects. The only thing I'm uncertain of in constructing a generic transcription, is whether the first vowel should be /i/, /iː/, or /ɪ/. The first (short) only occurs in English at the end of words (as above in 'happy'), the second (long) is the vowel in 'seat', and the last the vowel in 'sit'. Obviously, the non-existence of /i/ in the middle of English words is no bar to it appearing in her name! I just want to clarify. For now, I have shortened the terminal /i/ (that much I'm sure of), and left the first one as it stands.--Che Gannarelli (talk) 10:57, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Support removal of what is nothing more than "trivia"

Certainly, having some character sort-of named after her is not a valid reason to include it here. Viva-Verdi (talk) 02:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Introduction

The introduction is presently pathetic. I have added in some details based on the Spanish Wiki intro. Other sopranos of Kiri's quality have much larger intros. Wallie (talk) 20:04, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Excellent. Keep up the good work. Viva-Verdi (talk) 03:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I will try. The treatment of some of the great sopranos including this one is highly understated. I will try to improve them also. Singers like Mathis, Janowitz, Stader, Schwarzkopf and of course Te Kanawa should never be forgotten. Wallie (talk) 08:36, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I expanded the intro further.Nrswanson (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

POV edit

I notice that the description of Kiri's vocal and performance qualities has been removed. We do need something in there and what was removed was a referenced to Grove. There's always a problem with just referring to "some critics" that people will put in a who? tag. Perhaps the body could acquire a critical reception section? The lead could then reflect that.--Peter cohen (talk) 14:55, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Lead

This lead would definitely not pass FAC (or even GAC). It should be rewritten in a more neutral style as it is POV. The way it is written now is as if Wikipedia is stating "the sheer beauty of Te Kanawa's voice" etc. as a fact which is obviously contrary to WP:NPOV. A better example would be something like "according to Grove, Te Kanawa was one of the leading operatic sopranos of the 1970s and 1980s." It's not enough to stick a source on the end; opinions need to be attributed in-text if this article is to rise above C-Class. Copana2002 (talk) 13:22, 4 July 2009 (UTC)