Dame Malvina Major

James Bennett MNZM, JP
(Manager)
Address
12 The Peninsula
Huntington
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND
Ph +64 7 855 8185
Mobile +64 274 744 771
Email jimbennett@xtra.co.nz

Dame Malvina has chosen to live in New Zealand, while maintaining an active international singing career. Her services to opera and the community were acknowledged in 1991 when she was invested Dame of the British Empire.

In 2008 she was amade a Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,changed in 2009 to Grande Dame of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 1992 she was named New Zealand Entertainer of the Year. She has received Honorary Doctorates from both Waikato and Massey Universities, and is the Professor of Voice at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.