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t. e. Panis angelicus (Latin for "Bread of Angels" or "Angelic Bread") is the penultimate stanza of the hymn "Sacris solemniis" written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the feast, including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. The strophe of " Sacris solemniis " that begins ...
Kiri Te Kanawa. Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa, [1] ONZ, CH, DBE, AC (/ ˈkɪri təˈkɑːnəwə /; [2] born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". [3]
Thomas Aquinas. " Sacris solemniis " is a hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) for the feast of Corpus Christi (also known as the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ). The strophe of Sacris solemniis that begins with the words "Panis angelicus" (bread of angels) has often been set to music separately from the rest of the ...
Così fan tutte is a 178-minute studio album of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's opera, performed by Jules Bastin, Philippe Huttenlocher, Kiri Te Kanawa, David Rendall, Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas with the Choeurs de l' Opéra du Rhin and the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Alain Lombard. It was released in 1978.
Le nozze di Figaro is a 168-minute studio recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera of the same name, performed by a cast of singers headed by Sir Thomas Allen, Jane Berbié, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade, Robert Tear and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Georg Solti.
Steane revisited the album in Gramophone in March 1983, comparing it with a new recording of the Chants d'Auvergne performed by Kiri Te Kanawa. [5] Returning to von Stade's disc, he wrote, he was "more moved than before by the quiet but often intense personal quality in her singing. That particularly touching song, "La delaïssádo", has its ...
Hänsel und Gretel is a 107-minute studio album of Engelbert Humperdinck's 1893 opera of the same name, performed by Ileana Cotrubaș, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Christa Ludwig, Siegmund Nimsgern, Elisabeth Söderström, Frederica von Stade and Ruth Welting with the Children's Chorus of Cologne Opera and the Gürzenich Orchestra under the direction of Sir John Pritchard.
Sister Mary Leo. Dame Sister Mary Leo Niccol DBE (3 April 1895 – 5 May 1989) was a New Zealand religious sister who is best known for training some of the world's finest sopranos, including Mina Foley, [1] Dames Malvina Major, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Heather Begg . She was born as Kathleen Agnes Niccol in Auckland and educated by the Sisters of ...