Kiri Te Kanawa introduces some of her favourite people from the world of music in a programme ranging from Mozart to McCartney with Thomas Allen (baritone)
Wayne Sleep and Alessandra Ferri in a new 'Beatles' ballet Marisa Robles (harp)
Richard Van Allan (baritone) and the 14-year-old Greek pianist Dimitris Sgouros
Opera excerpts include arias from Mozart's The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni , Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur and Rossini's The Barber of Seville. BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY conducted by Robin Stapleton
Associate director HAZEL WRIGHT Lighting SAM BARCLAY Sound RAY ANGBL
Designer BARBARA GOSNOLD
Produced and directed by KENNETH CORDEN
(Kiri Te Kanawa stars in Die Fledermaus live from Covent Garden on BBC2 on New Year's Eve)