American opera singer Frederica Von Stade is the star judge for this year's Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest. Ahead of the big night she shared a sparkling conversation with my RNZ Colleague Clarissa Dunn.

Watch Frederica sing Rossini here

Frederica wears the trousers here

Frederica sings to the moon here

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details