DVD Te Kanawa, Kiri - in Concert 1990 (RC 1)

Early in 1990, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa made a triumphant return to her native New Zealand to give three concerts, the last of which, in an outdoor event in Wellington, attracted an audience of more than seventy five thousand people enjoyed music ranging from Puccini to My Fair Lady.
Just over a year later, Kiri delighted an invited audience at Christopher Wren's Chapel of the Royal Navy College in Greenwich, London, with a program of Handel and Mozart. The climax of the evening, Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, was acclaimed as of her finest ever performance.

Highlights from these memorable performances in two very different settings provide a perfect showcase for Kiri's unique voice.

Wellington Concert
Io son l'unmile ancella Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
In quelle trine morbide Manon Lescaut (Puccini)
Pace, pace, mio dio La Forza del Destino (Verdi)
Tu, che di gel Turandot (Puccini)
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta La Rondine (Puccini)
Pokarekare ana Traditional
Home Sweet Home (arr. Bishop)
I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady (Lerner/Loewe)

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conductor John Hopkins

Greenwich Concert
Non disperar Giulio Cesare (Handel)
Care Selve Atalanta (Handel)
Exsultate Jubilate (Mozart)
O mio babbino caro Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor Stephen Barlow