Kiri Te Kanawa: Home and Afar

Early in 1990, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the world's best-loved operatic soprano, made a triumphant return to her native New Zealand to give three concerts, culminating in an outdoor event in Wellington, where an audience of more than 75,000 people enjoyed music ranging from Puccini to Gershwin.

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 one of her finest-ever performances.

Highlights from these memorable performances in two very different settings -- one secular, one sacred; one summer, one winter; one open air, the other in London's most elegant Wren chapel -- provide a perfect showcase for Kiri's unique voice.