‘Le Nuits d’été’ in Australia and New Zealand

This November, Joyce brings her “ravishingly sung” (Classical Source) interpretation of Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été to orchestras in Australia and New Zealand.

The song cycle sets six texts by Théophile Gautier, tracing a journey of love from youthful innocence to the depths of grief to a dream of eternal love. Joyce’s performances of this deeply romantic work have earned her rave reviews, with The Times writing, “When Joyce DiDonato was singing ‘Le spectre de la rose’ from Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été — her voice so tender, so poignant, so full of meaning — it really was hard to imagine anything more perfect.”

Audiences in Australia and New Zealand can experience this musical treat on November 15 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, November 20 and 22 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and on November 28 and November 29 with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

We need you to make us feel an integral PART of a shared existence through the communal, universal, forgiving language of music, of dance, of poetry and Art – so that we never lose sight of the fact that we are all in this together and that we are all deserving of a life that overflows with immense possibility, improbable beauty and relentless truth.

Joyce DiDonato