From Downton Abbey to the Opera House, Kiri's just one of the dames | VIDEO, AUDIO, GALLERY

By Ian Horner
Updated October 31 2014 - 10:07am, first published May 13 2014 - 12:00am

There was a certain symmetry when New Zealander Dame Kiri Te Kanawa played Australia's Dame Nellie Melba on Downton Abbey.

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