Joyce Triumphs in "Exhilarating", "Mesmerizing", "Unmissable" La Donna del Lago at Royal Opera House
“CAN [Rossini] EVER HAVE HEARD – OR IMAGINED – HIS MUSIC BETTER SUNG THAN IT WAS HERE?
The sun shines out of Joyce DiDonato’s voice, and her ravishingly beautiful Elena caps the show with a sublime account of the lilting “Tanti affetti”. […] The result was a stupendous display of belissimo canto.” ~ The Telegraph
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“THE GOLDEN AGE IS NOW.” ~ Warwick Thompson METRO May 2013
“Trust me: London hasn’t heard such spectacular Rossini singing in decades […] she does things at the soprano end of her voice that would terrify her peers. Most audaciously, in her exultant “Fra il padre”, she dropped to a pianissimo so hushed that, I swear, the entire house held its breath in wonder… before erupting at the curtain-call. Exhilarating.” ~ The Arts Desk
“As for DiDonato, words fail. No other singer could match what this blonde bombshell from Kansas does, marrying coloratura with the serene liquidity of birdsong to an expressiveness of heart-stopping beauty. Go, listen, and marvel.” ~ The Independent
“You would be mad not to queue from dawn to see this show.” ~ The Times
“The overall vocal line-up must rank amongst the very best ever witnessed at Covent Garden […] SPELLBINDING” ~ Music OMH
“Best of all was Joyce DiDonato” ~ Evening Standard
“[…] we are in the presence of two supreme bel cantists who might have been made for each other, so perfectly do they meld.” ~ The Independent
“UNMISSABLE” ~ The Guardian
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