Dame Kiri Te Kanawa explores the physical and artistic demands of being an international soprano, and explains the qualities that separate the great from the merely good. Show more
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Marking the centenary of his birth, this film re-examines the life of controversial conductor Georg Solti using archive footage and interviews with classical music's biggest names. Show more
The One Show
12/07/2013
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales
Chris Evans and Alex Jones are live from the Queen's Coronation Festival Gala at Buckingham Palace with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dominic West, Katherine Jenkins and Russell Watson. Show more
Sophie Raworth and Gareth Malone host highlights of a gala event staged in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen's coronation. Show more
Midweek
Amy Lehman, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Alex Shearer, Richard Dunwoody MBE
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Libby Purves meets soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, jockey-turned-photographer Richard Dunwoody, writer Alex Shearer and Dr Amy Lehman, founder of a floating hospital in Africa. Show more
Journalist and broadcaster Kate Adie meets Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to talk about her career. They discover some surprising similarities in their lives. Show more
Top of the Pops
24/10/1991
29 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Tony Dortie and Mark Franklin present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 October 1991 and featuring Queen, Bryan Adams, 2 Unlimited, Kenny Thomas, Kiri Te Kanawa and Mariah Carey. Show more
Soprano Sundays
Kiri Te Kanawa
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Available for 6 months
New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa talks to Bernard Levin, and sings scenes from Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Otello and La Boheme. Show more
Soprano Sundays
Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Available for 6 months
New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa looks back at her life in song through 40 years of performances from the archives, including rugby anthem World in Union on Top of the Pops. Show more
Entertainment show with John Barrowman. The Saturdays perform a surprise duet; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa teams up with a deserving teenager; and Jay Sean sings for a very special mum. Show more
Entertainment show with John Barrowman. John chooses some of his most memorable moments from the series, as well as making some new dreams come true for some very special people. Show more
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, pianist Martin James Bartlett and cellist Matthew Barley join Katie Derham for this edition of the weekly Proms magazine show. Show more
Saturday Live
Sir Simon Jenkins, Dame Kiri te Kanawa
1 hour, 28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Rev Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with the National Trust chairman Sir Simon Jenkins, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Dame Kiri te Kanawa and Francesco da Mosto on views of Venice. Show more