"I Dreamed a Dream" was NOT Andrew Lloyd Webber, but I guess Kiri was too polite to point out his error.

After such a distinguished career, she is still so humble and unassuming. I love Kiri te Kenawa and have never forgotten the enormous privilege of hearing her singing live at Sun City in 1995.

So much love for Kiri Te Kanawa. Incredible musician. Such a beautiful person. Moving personal history.

Dame Kiri was exactly right, she was and is so blessed

Dame Kiri is simply an amazing super human talent. Her singing has changed very little over the years. She still sings much of her original repertoire as well or better as she did thirty or so years ago. She is an intelligent singer who has carefully chosen her repertoire and roles and knows how to take care of her instrument. How many other Sopranos sing as well as she does into her 70s? Brava Dame Kiri!

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is a master at handling pushy questions. I thoroughly enjoyed watching her putting this interviewer in his place. She is all class. The interviewer is as common as soot.

I remember seeing her in Chicago at the Auditorium Theater years ago. Someone in the audience was coughing lightly in the middle of her aria. She suddenly stopped and asked him to silence it or leave. The ultimate "Wanna get away?" moment. Regardless I have so much admiration for her. Her recital of Richard Strauss's "Four Last Songs" is the most hauntingly beautiful interpretation I have ever heard.

Une incontestable grande artiste. Une des plus grandes sopranos. J'ai eu la chance de l'écouter sur scène, et c'est un privilège, de grands souvenirs. Merci Madame.

A voice much missed

Why do journalists constantly fixate on the concept of the ‘diva’? It’s so tedious!

21:20 Kiri is a genius in handling such questions...

She is so charming and articulate. But the interviewer uses every trick to bait her into criticizing colleagues and other performers. At any rate, I saw her several times in New York in Rosenkavalier/Traviata, a few others. She was occasionally an unconvincing actress, but nonetheless had possibly the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard, before or since.

With practically every word this man says he insults this wonderful world class singer and completes his display of appalling ignoranc

I think the choice of the interviewer was to talk about reputation, whereas Dame Kiri is an expert on art. He focused on outcomes for others, even though he had the opportunity to talk to a world class artist about her process of and appreciation for art.

Opera is simply modern music of the oldern times, much like pop is today

Katherine Jenkins is a second-rate college graduate! She has become so commercialised and needs a huge amount of further study and technique!

Pure, unadulterated Class... feast upon this for we will not see this like again.

He does bring up good points but has no tact.

I wonder if there´s problem with Stephen Sakur. There are millions of us who would like another interviewer.

Why are people complaining about the interviewer?