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. 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.

Tracklisting

1. Titles
2. Korngold: Seahawk
3. Charpentier: Depuis le jour
4. Korngold: Mariettas Lied
5. Verdi: Grand March
6. Mozart: Porgi amor
7. R. Strauss: Befreit, op. 39 no. 4
8. Verdi: Sanctus
9. Puccini: Che Gelida manina
10. Puccini: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi
11. Puccini: O soave fanciulla
12. Rodgers: You'll never walk alone
13. Gershwin: Oh, i can't sit down
14. Weill: It never was you
15. McCoy: Why don't you do right?
16. Huia mai
17. Paikea
18. Maui
19. Hine e hine
20. Tahi nei taru kino
21. Rodgers: Climb ev'ry mountain
22. Lloyd Webber: With One Look
23. Hermann: Salaambô's aria
24. Puccini: O mio babbino caro
25. Bernstein: Somewhere
26. Herbert: Art is calling for me
27. Skarbek: World in Union
28. Rodgers: There is nothing like a dame
29. Mildred and Patty Hill: Happy birthday to you
30. Scott: Haera ra