Kiri Te Kanawa
A Christmas entertainment for all the family, recorded by the popular New Zealand opera star at the Dominion Theatre, London. Her guests include
Placido Domingo: the famous Spanish tenor joins Kiri for a selection from Bernstein's West Side Story.
Doreen Wells : England's lovely ballerina dances The Dying Swan and taps her sparkling way through ' Puttin' on the Ritz'.
Norma Burrowes teams up with Kiri for Rossini's hilarious ' Cat duet'.
Harry Secombe does a song and i dance routine in ' We're a couple ! of swells' and puts on clown's garb for' On with the motley '.
The Maori Rugby Team gives Kiri powerful support in a New
Zealand folk song 'Pokarekare
Ana'.
Also taking part: West Side Story girls URSULA CONNORS
GLENYS GROVES and HILLY MARSHALL
CHILDREN OF THE EASTCOURT
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL Tilly the dog
BBC Concert Orchestra leader JOHN BRADBURY
Nigel Blomiley (cello) Robert Docker (piano) conducted by Robin Stapleton
Also including the haunting ' Bailero ' from Songs of the Auvergne; The ugly duckling ', and 'Memory' from Cats (specially arranged by the composer, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ).
Dances choreographed by BILL DRYSDALE and DAVID TOGURI Designer DEREK DODD Costume designer
RUPERT ROXBURGH-JARVIS Lighting JOHN ELFES
Sound GRAHAM HAINES
Directed and produced by HUMPHREY BURTON