Kiri Te Kanawa - A Celebration - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

DVD9 - NTSC - 4:3 - All Regions - English, Italian, German - LPCM, DTS - 130min. -

Released 2007

Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano, Dennis O’Neill Tenor, Waihirere Maori Group, Gisborne N.Z, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Stephen Barlow and special guests Andre Previn, Andre Previn Trio

Kiri Te Kanawa and friends enjoy a sparkling musical birthday party. Kiri! is the DVD release of the specatcular 50th brithday concert staged at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1995.

Kiri's guests for this glittering occasion include tenor Dennis O'Neill, conductor / pianist Andre Previn, who accompanies Kiri in jazz standards, and a special performance by a traditional Maori ensemble from her native New Zealand. The concert features well-loved arias by Mozart, Puccini and Richard Strauss as well as musical theatre favourites by Richard Rodgers and Leonard Bernstein. An essential souvenir of a very special musical evening and a must-have for Kiri's legion of fans.

Extras: Bailero from Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne, Performing in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, You are cute music video

Tracks:
1. Korngold - Seahawk [7:26]
2. Charpentier – LOUISE Depuis Le Jour [5:41]
3. Korngold – DIE TOTE STADT Mariettas Lied [5:41]
4. Verdi – AIDA The Grand March [7:39]
5. Mozart – LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Porgi Amor [4:21]
6. Richard Strauss - Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 [6:00]
7. Verdi – REQUIEM Sanctus [3:34]
8. Puccini – LA BOHEME Che Gelida Manina [5:18]
9. Puccini – LA BOHEME Sì. Mi Chiamano Mimì [5:15]
10. Puccini – LA BOHEME O Soave Fanciulla [5:24]
11. Rodgers – CAROUSEL You'll Never Walk Alone [4:29]
12. Gershwin – PORGY AND BESS Oh, I Can't Sit Down [2:13]
13. Weill – KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY It Never Was You [3:23]
14. McCoy - Why Don't You Do Right? [6:41]

Maori songs:
15. Huia Mai ('Poi' Song) [4:05]
16. Paikea ('Action' Song) [4:23]
17. Maui ('Haka') [3:59]
18. Hine E Hine (Lullaby) [2:00]
19. Tahi Nei Taru Kino ('Action' Song) [2:00]
20. Rodgers – THE SOUND OF MUSIC Climb Ev'ry Mountain [4:50]
21. Andrew Lloyd Webber – SUNSET BOULEVARD With One Look [3:57]
22. Heremann – CITIZEN KANE Salaambô's Aria [5:56]
23. Puccini – GIANNI SCHICCHI O Mio Babbino Caro [3:04]
24. Bernstein – WEST SIDE STORY Somewhere [5:10]
25. Herbert – THE ENCHANTRESS Art Is Calling For Me [4:07]
26. Skarbek - World In Union [4:41]
27. There Is Nothing Like a Dame [1:55]
28. Happy Birthday To You [2:22]
29. Scott - Here Ra (Now Is The Hour) [3:51]