Kiri Te Kanawa - Rule, Britannia! Last Night Of The Proms 1992

[@tonewheel1773]

As a proud Kiwi, (New Zealander), I can say with confidence, New Zealand is so very proud of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Yes, she may be a ONZ, CH, DBE and AC recipient... but she will always be our "girl", no matter what age she is! God bless you Kiri!

[@manuelveytia3961]

You should be very proud she's incredible, cheers from 🇲🇽

[@tonewheel1773]

@@manuelveytia3961 Hi Manuel. So pleased to read your nice reply. Thank you. Not only is she talented, but Kiri has been a wonderful ambassador representing New Zealand for well over 50 years. My parents had the pleasure of meeting Kiri at a meet and greet after a concert in the 1980`s (Sydney Australia), and confirmed what a truly lovely and genuine person she really is. I lovingly recall a beautiful large print of the Kiri portrait painted by Raymond Ching hanging in our family home in honor of her for many years. She`s as beautiful now as she was then. Wishing you good health and music. Tony.

[@manuelveytia3961]

@@tonewheel1773 thank you, Tony! She's one of my favorite sopranos I love her voice and she's just pure class... I wish some day to visit New Zealand i think is very beautiful and i'm also a big lord of the rings fan

[@tonewheel1773]

@@manuelveytia3961 hahahaha... Thank you my friend. You`ve made my day. Yes, I dare say The Lord Of The Rings is probably more popular and well known than the lovely Kiri. As a Kiwi, I would encourage you to visit our beautiful country. So many have been over-whelmed by New Zealand`s beauty. Due to better money, I have lived in Australia for the past twenty years and miss home terribly. (The South Island is truly majestic). Thanks for taking the time to reply. Take care. Tony.

[@tonewheel1773]

@@manuelveytia3961 As an after thought, clearly we both have a fondness for Kiri. I`ve taken the liberty of attaching two KZbin links: Kiri singing J.Strauss II The Nun`s Chorus, accompanied by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. (Kiri soars above the choir like a majestic eagle). The second is my all time favourite recording of Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew slaves) by Verdi, performed by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. A great work made memorable by a great choir. Just click and enjoy. 1). kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX3Vn3imirWVqrs 2). kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIfIm4ete8-qjKs

[@deskman608]

One of the Most Beautiful Female Voices I ever heard. GOD BLESS You Kiri Te Kanawa

[@dorothyflanagan9535]

Dame kiri.is nz's pride and joy We just love her

[@nacholibre1962]

Absolutely wonderful. Delivered by one of the classiest human beings ever to grace this earth. Lovely to watch and love to hear!

[@patriciayeiser6405]

My favoite soprano.

[@alwaysnew189]

Unique

[@MikeSmith-xv7es]

I'm an American but have English roots...and this resonates with me blood, it does. The mother country, the scepter'd isle, stirs me in ways I can't explain. God save the Queen!

[@mckavitt13]

So do so many of us! Yes!

[@alain.7973]

Une Grand Dame de l'art lyrique. Et des souvenirs magnifiques entre autres à Garnier ou encore au Théâtre des Champs Elysées. Merci

[@gorganhorn6872]

The fact that you can see English letters and street signs in the middle of Shanghai proves that the legacy of the British Empire will be a permanent part of global culture.

[@isaacchong4485]

From the British Isles up to the Canadian Arctic North, then south to the Falklands near Antarctica. From the west of Caribbeans to the far eastern Pacific Islands. There’s no other country other than 🇬🇧, shares a common bond, which her Britannic glory across the globe. Let Britannia forever rule the waves🌊

[@MrSilverDude101]

Yeah...y'all are colinizing bastards. Also: They're latin letters.. you guys didn't invent them

[@petrusprimusmaximus]

China ONCE had a great Navy but the Ming emperors essentially decommissioned it. Whose fault was that?? Not Europe’s! Japan, on the other hand, observed and learned very quickly. Remember the Russo-Japanese War when this Asian island nation humiliated Tsarist Russia !

[@petrusprimusmaximus]

Thank God, Mandarin will definitely NOT be the global language anytime in most of our lifetimes. It may be ancient but it is BYZANTINE, not adaptable.

[@shanjones4869]

Sorry to correct you but the melody is written by the baroque composer Thomas Arne and comes between the scenes of his opera Thomas and Sally ! Nothing to do with the disgrace that was the British Empire !

[@jameskellard5075]

One of the best ever, class through and through

[@TheSmithDorian]

One of the most classy performances of Rule Britannia that you are likely to see at the Proms.... from a real class act in the truest sense of the term

[@CH-is1vc]

She has a such great technique and enunciation!

[@voicemad]

Lovely Kiri. My brother lives in New Zealand so I have an investment in Kiri. She is just fantastic

[@elalitwicka6536]

Piekny sopran Kiri Te Kanawa w połaczeniu z chórem słuchaczy Amazing

[@cristianabarsuglia629]

Glorious!!! This brought a tear to my American eye.

[@Alcohen2006]

. . . and to both of these as well.

[@petrusprimusmaximus]

Moi aussi……an American whose roots lie in France!! AND those haughty tyrants referenced in one verse were Louis XIV and Napoleon !!

[@royking1063]

What a voice What a Rolls Royce Beautiful

[@jasonjoe4206]

Love from Indonesia, Dame Kiri !!!!!

[@matthewgegner1474]

This song makes me proud to be half British! God save the Queen!

[@zanmei7261]

I'm half British also! Love this song!

[@rayhan77210]

Yes me too

[@KiriOnlineDameKiriTeKanawa]

Kiri Te Kanawa - Rule, Britannia! Last Night Of The Proms 1992

[@SuperHammaren]

The by far best version I have heard on the Proms. The encore is even more amazing!

[@simpsonhenry7289]

I think that this will make many non Brits feel some affection for Britain.

[@paulscofield5444]

God bless Britain from we former colonials here in the States!!

[@jeangabrielkahane2961]

There's something loathsome about Britain: the flouting of the hunting ban. That lowlives could enjoy seeing a wild animal being disemboweled by hounds is revolting. 😣🦊

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

Who doesn't love that sceptred isle, that precious stone set in the silver sea? Britain has given the world so much and been punching above her weight for centuries.

[@Bobmudu35UK]

@@jeangabrielkahane2961 It's a minority sport dick head.

[@manuelcvaz]

@@svendbosanvovski4241 Well, Sir Francis Drake don't gave too much to the world, all the contrary.

[@11calman]

Yep here at the end of 2020 Our Kiwi "Dame, Kiri te Kanawa" is our proud and joy

[@joeallen3600]

I saw this live on German television when it aired. It was awesome.

[@dompritch5306]

Incredible performance of this, simply the best I've seen and that high c 5.14 is just wow.

[@SuperHammaren]

Indeed, the best version I have ever heard.

[@BuzzLightyear9999]

Sorry, but Brynn Terfel at the Proms centenary took the cake for me. Brilliantly sung, powerful, but with a joyous sense of cheeky fun in proudly displaying his Welsh patriotism with the ultimate tongue in cheek of singing the third verse in Welsh to peals of laughter from the crowd - made them sing the chorus twice as loud...😉! Rousing, fun and patriotic with a tinge of satire all in the same performance - lightning in a bottle...

[@maryvallettakeith6146]

She's sharp though. :( Very rare to hear the great KTK out of tune. I attribute it to over enthusiasm.

[@sutherland9]

@@maryvallettakeith6146 Correct. That high note was not the correct note. That said, Dame Kiri had the most beautiful voice of her generation.

[@sylviamaua745]

@@maryvallettakeith6146 yes, I noticed the high C was a bit sharp. Excellent performance though. Kiri is such a beautiful person inside and out.

[@Dunbardoddy]

James Thomson's words for "Rule, Britannia!", written as part of a masque and set to music by Thomas Arne, became one of the best-known British patriotic songs - quite distinct from the masque which is now virtually forgotten. Frederick, Prince of Wales gave him a pension of £100 per annum. He had also introduced him to George Lyttelton, who became his friend and patron. James Thomson was born in Ednam in Roxburghshire, now Scottish Borders, around 11 September 1700.

[@joanketelby752]

Mark Steyn was right about the excellence of Dame Kiri's version.

[@patriciayeiser6405]

Mark Steyn is right about most things.

[@melhiley2806]

PERFECTION,Magnificent,

[@klaasrenzelaar9289]

Never mind maneuvers. Go straight at ‘em. - Admiral Nelson.

[@dougpage1271]

Britain & America Forever! 👍 - Doug in USA

[@JH-hz5wo]

Especially through these hard times

[@myrmidonesantipodes6982]

Death to America. Republican dogs.

[@Shamsithaca]

This is amazing.

[@かわたかんた]

とてもなつかしい曲です😊

[@KiriOnlineDameKiriTeKanawa]

Kiri Te Kanawa - Rule, Britannia! 1992 #RuleBritannia #LastNightoftheProms #LNOP

[@euanhooper8837]

KiriOnLine - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and

[@robertlongwill8856]

Kiri as usual and outstanding performance of Rule Britannia I am a Canadian of British descent and I've always loved your singing. It's always uplifting to me cheers to you. Dame Kiri Te kanawa

[@Tarananda-mylo]

Wonderful and clear lyrics

[@Charliecomet82]

As we say in the States, "There's nothing like a dame!"

[@alwaysnew189]

Amen

[@wolfhh2198]

watching on tv live the last night my gf is british you should know ;)

[@wolfhh2198]

lol

[@juergencleansman6703]

Standing Ovation

[@TTP7168]

Kia ora e Kiri e!

[@bryankirk6278]

The best Brittania of them all.

[@fbagbey]

Does any other nation have anything close to Last Night of the Proms and its expression of national pride?

[@SuperHammaren]

We dont, thats why I see on TV every year :))

[@willrobinson1229]

Nope, as an American, I'm quite envious.

[@mgtowchampion7961]

Americans constitution trumps like shit hands down, shove your proms, your royalty, your rule britania, your gun control up your fucking ass.

[@DPLatEdwin]

@@mgtowchampion7961 Why are you even looking at this if you dislike that much?The US Constitution is based on British Common Law

[@alfianmuhammad1335]

Well the russians have an annual military parade

[@vicjones3992]

Magnificent....

[@klaasrenzelaar9289]

How could I love you more?

[@pramudya_jkt]

Incredible

[@かわたかんた]

とても感動しました🥹

[@timmyturner327]

こちらこそ。

[@Axel62]

I love it. What a nice feeling.👍👍👏👏

[@joyciejd9673]

God. I love this woman

[@AnnaEva-ox2gw]

Draga muveszno! A vegen, az utolso, vagy az utolso elotti hang kicsit "necces" volt. Kulonben koszonom a felejthetetlen elmenyt, nekem mindig Figaro hazassagabol az igazi. "GROFNE" marad orokre.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@stephenmark4843]

Rule Britannia 🇬🇧💪

[@mickydub3]

" TOP CLASS " ACT 100%

[@Jabberstax]

I had no idea they showed the Proms in Germany. I wonder if they still do??

[@shanjones4869]

Try listening to her singing Mozart’s Laudate Dominum ! Sent from heaven !

[@metallitech]

The German narration at the end hit hard, lol.

[@christiancatchpole6614]

The newzealanders are sitting back laughing and being proud, knowing exactly whats going on.

[@antimatterwave3747]

The last note?

[@gianlucamattei264]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robinhoatcity]

Mint...enough said...goose pimples

[@nelsongomez8267]

very interesting song.

[@valterlellissiqueira4024]

Long live British imperialism!

[@mariocanfora9117]

Here's the idiot who takes it literally

[@alisonrhodes7312]

And not an EU flag in sight! Good old days! And NZ can be assured that Rule Brittannia refers to NZ and Australia just as much as it does to GB in my opinion.

[@humbertorangel7523]

Blue blood and class!

[@MySensualWorld]

Kiri is part indigenous maori.

[@michaelgrant7869]

Britain was persuaded by an armed uprising during Easter of 1916 that the people of Ireland will never never be slaves either! ( But fair play to you Dame Kiri - well sung )

[@petrusprimusmaximus]

The Irish story is complex and certainly has very sad elements that most Britons are ashamed of. On the other hand, Eamon de Valera send condolences to the Nazi regime after Hitler’s suicide! Standards!

[@jocelynquilnet7453]

#BBCMUSIC RULE BRITANNIA 🇬🇧

[@vatnidd]

What's the piece before 1:24?

[@jameslivingston9801]

Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs

[@ajg617]

@@jameslivingston9801 Nope - Handel - See the Conquering Hero Comes from Judas Maccabeus. Also the music to the English hymn Thine Be The Glory and the German hymn Tochter Zion Freue Dich

[@patriciayeiser6405]

@@ajg617 Handel is the best Brit - along with Purcell and RVW.

[@sojourn6697]

Those were the days I would have been proud to wave the New Zealand flag, unlike now where New Zealand has become a jingoistic, introspective, naval gazing little long drop at the arse end of the Pacific.

[@micheltellier7659]

WHY.... on June 24 2016 !?

[@AgnaldoSantosdeSouza-v7d]

❤Jesus te ama ❤

[@voicemad]

God on you Kiri you hit them on the head !!

[@Maggiolone85]

Why do they start with "thine be the glory?"

[@alwaysnew189]

dressed as britain flag, Kiri, only !

[@klaasrenzelaar9289]

England. Forever England.

[@nedrasellayah9314]

Blimey. Very fast tempo!! But nicely done!!

[@parkytimeyaaasss]

The best voice I’ve heard for that style of singing. Some of the voices for this style are just dreadful.

[@westnash]

She has gotten better w/ age but this wasn't a strong performance compared to many others.

GREAT SOPRANO..COMPLİMENTİ..BRAVA..INCREDİBLE...S U P E R...........

[@carlosflorentin_]

You British need to defend your country!! You're being invaded

[@Jabberstax]

If only

[@donswearingen9805]

Sadly, England is lost.

[@angloaust1575]

Thomas hampson does a better version Putting an American at the helm for accuracy in the Present times!

[@karlfredriknilsen4132]

Why do Britannia have to rule the world? What is their qualifications to rule the world. About 1200 years ago the norwegian vikings ruled Britannia. But they left it all in a mess. I hope that Britannia leave it all.

[@sorastroofmog9915]

+Karl Fredrik Nilsen Not the world. The waves. At the time that the piece was written, England was the single most influential naval power in the world. Patriotic songs are what they are. This is a patriotic song for the British in much the same way that "God Bless America" is for Americans like myself.

[@KiriOnlineDameKiriTeKanawa]

+Sorastro Of Mog Well said. Thank You. xx

[@Leonardhbrown]

+KiriOnLine - Dame Kiri Te kanawa My pleasure, Dame Kiri. Your performance is always exquisite.

[@Trek001]

Because no nation in the world can ever withstand the might of the British navy - EVER. Hell, we sneak up to American aircraft carriers in our submarines and surface within torpedo range just for laughs

[@JaneSmith-gk6wn]

We then rules the waves - the sea - not the world.

[@janeappleseed2154]

THE BLAST THAT TEARS THE SKIES!!!