Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has said that she "couldn't say 'yes' fast enough" to appearing in Downton Abbey. Te Kanawa has been cast as real-life opera singer Dame Nellie Melba in Downton Abbey's fourth ...

(AP) “Downton Abbey,” the world’s favorite country-house soap, is getting a dose of opera. Producers say soprano Kiri Te Kanawa will appear in the upcoming fourth season as real-life diva Nellie Melba ...

LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand opera star Kiri Te Kanawa will act, and sing, in an upcoming episode of the hit British stately home drama "Downton Abbey", a spokeswoman for the ITV series said on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley MacLaine will be returning to "Downton Abbey" next season, and opera star Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast. MacLaine will reprise her role as Martha Levinson, Lord Robert ...