Von Stade is scheduled to appear with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek, in a performance of the Star Trek theme. Other theme-song performers will include Megan Mullally, of Broadway and TV's Will and Grace, and R & B singer Macy Gray.

The CBS broadcast begins at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings).

Von Stade is in Los Angeles to perform in Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de G_rolstein at Los Angeles Opera, in a new production directed by television writer and producer Garry Marshall. The production opens on September 10.