Kiri: The Authorized Biography of Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri: Biography of Kiri Te Kanawa by David Fingleton. The story of Kiri Te Kanawa's rise to international fame is one of which dreams are made. The daughter of a Maori father and European mother, she was adopted as a baby and raised in the small town of Gisborne, New Zealand, and she is was the youngest and brightest star of opera. She could easily have remained in New Zealand, basking in her celebrity as a pop singer. Instead, her driving ambition - and supportive parents - took her to the other side of the world, to a lonely and demanding apprenticeship with the London Opera Centre.

Please note this copy has some fading on the spine and some light scuffs on the edges of the covers.

ISBN : 0002163659

Size: Hardcover, 192 pages

Publisher: Wm Collins & Sons & Co

Published: 1982