acatalano2641's video: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa How Deep is the Ocean Irving Berlin

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa gained legendary status almost overnight after her sensational debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1971. From then, she moved rapidly into the front rank of international opera, and has become one of the most famous sopranos in the world. At the time of her operatic debut she was already an experienced concert and recording artist, and equally at home in front of the cameras as on stage. A Gala Concert was given in February 2004 in Auckland, to launch The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation, a charity which aims to give support and financial aid to dedicated New Zealand singers and musicians. Dame Kiri continues to devote her experience and expertise to organising and appearing at further concerts and Galas to raise funds for this Foundation and the UK based Friends of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation. She has also become the Founding Artistic Director of the Solti Te Kanawa Accadamia di Bel Canto, a summer course based in Italy, training the next generation of opera singers. Throughout 2008 and 2009 Dame Kiri (in addition to her mentoring , teaching and fund raising) has continued to perform in concert halls and arenas throughout the world, with performances in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, England, Brazil, Turkey, Jersey, the USA, Canada, Hungary, Serbia, Greece, Spain, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. In June 2009 Dame Kiri was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. www.kiritekanawa.org Michael Storrs Music represents Dame Kiri Te Kanawa http://www.michaelstorrsmus... Irving Berlin set the tone and the tempo for the tunes America played and sang and danced to for much of the 20th century. By the time he was 30 he was a legend, and he went on to write the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films. The musical giant who never learned to read or write music composed his first major hit, ''Alexander's Ragtime Band,'' in 1911. ''With one song, the career of Irving Berlin and American music were intertwined forever,'' said Isaac Stern at Mr. Berlin's 100th-birthday celebration in May 1988, adding, ''American music was born at his piano.'' The last Berlin song to be noted by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers was ''An Old-Fashioned Wedding,'' the show-stopper he wrote for a 1966 revival of ''Annie Get Your Gun.'' He often said there are only six tunes in the world. But from those six tunes he fashioned, according to his catalogue, 1,500 songs - and nobody knows how many more he may have stored somewhere. When someone admired one of his melodies, Mr. Berlin was quick to say: ''I like it, too. I've used it lots of times.'' "How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)" How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? How many times in a day Do I think of you? How many roses are Sprinkled with dew? How far would I travel Just to be where you are? How far is the journey From here to a star? And if I ever lost you How much would I cry? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? Dear Dame Kiri Happy 66th Birthday With much admiration. Whitebabygrandpiano