Curiosidades

Is half-Irish, half-Maori.

Wrote a children's book of Maori folktales.

To date, has never sung a full length Puccini opera at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City.

She was awarded the Order of New Zealand in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to music.

She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to music in 1973.

She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1982 for her services to music.

Owns a holiday house at Taupo on the shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand.

In March 1998, at London's Royal Albert Hall, sang the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new song, "The Heart is Slow to Learn," which was intended to appear in the sequel to O Fantasma da Ópera (2004).

She was awarded an honorary A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on January 26, 1990 for her services to Opera and the performing arts.

In January 1998, sang the Metropolitan Opera premiere performances of Richard Strauss' final opera _Capriccio_, at the Met Opera, New York City.

She was awarded the Member of the Order of Companion of Honour in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Music. She is a soprano in Lewes, East Sussex, England.

Her performances of the opera arias, "O Mio Babbino Caro," and "Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta," by composer Giacomo Puccini, were featured in the film "A Room With A View." (1986)

In February 2001, sang her first performances of Samuel Barber's "Vanessa," at the Monte Carlo Opera House, in the principality of Monaco.