Joyce DiDonato is:

• - a proud, active, Kansas City native and lifelong Royals fan!!
• - arguably the world's most famous opera singer right now
• - amazing in front of live audiences of all kinds and sizes, including (for instance) the Last Night of the Proms in 2013
• - can sing all kinds of music as well as opera
• - brings unique and accessible enthusiasm and joy to her art

Here she is singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," which she often closes recitals with, in part as a nod to her Kansas background!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXCknbE9K1s