Who was the featured performer as part of the 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies in Salt Lake City?

Frederika Von Stade was the featured performer at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the Cultural Olympiad held in conjunction with the games. She sang at the choir's annual Christmas Concert the following year.

Trained in the bel canto style, von Stade is known for her roles in Rossini's The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola. In addition to opera, von Stade has also performed a wide range of musicals, from Show Boat to The Sound of Music to A Little Night Music and has appeared on numerous PBS specials, most notably in 1991's A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert. She appeared in many Kennedy Center Honors broadcasts for CBS. Von Stade is a respected recital artist, performing works ranging from Mozart and Haydn to Mahler to Broadway show tunes. Her LP album of Mahler songs was praised as "cherishable" by Peter G. Davis of The New York Times.