Cardiff captures Kiri Te Kanawa | Tom Service

The great New Zealander replaces Joan Sutherland as patron of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitionNews today that Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is to take over Dame Joan Sutherland's role as patron of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition this June, after Sutherland's death in October last year. It's a passing of the baton from one great diva to another, from La Stupenda, whom Kiri described as "the most spectacular soprano I've ever heard", to the person who takes her place as the de...

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