Dame Malvina Lorraine Major ONZ GNZM DBE (born 28 January 1943) is a New Zealand opera soprano.

[2] In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Major was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to opera.

[3] In 1990, she was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal,[1] and the following year she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to opera and the community, in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours.

[10] On 25 February 2012, Major performed with soprano Amina Edris and tenor Chase Douglas in the Waikato Times Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival.

Recipients of the Foundation's annual $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award include Amitai Pati[15] and Natasha Te Rupe Wilson.