Definitive Biography

Kiri Te Kanawa's story has all the best elements of an operatic fairytale. An unwanted, part-Maori baby, she was adopted at five weeks by a Maori father and a European mother living in a small town in New Zealand. From this unlikely background she went on to become the world's most famous and best-loved female opera star. In this definitive profile, Kiri Te Kanawa talks about her life and her career in a series of revealing in-depth interviews. The program was filmed during 1990, one of the most exciting and varied years of Kiri Te Kanawa's career.