Kiri Te Kanawa this Sunday on the Lyric Stage

For three decades after her debut at Covent Garden in 1971 as the Countess in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, the New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was a major figure on the world opera scene. Her roles covered much of the popular soprano repertoire - Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Berlioz, Mozart, and others including the composer for tonight's show, Richard Strauss. And, like most opera singers, she loves to perform crossover, and so she'll sing some George Gershwin songs as well.