Upcoming engagements for Joyce DiDonato this month include a performance at The Greene Space in New York City with the Brentano String Quartet, and following she travels to Liège, Belgium for a concert with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. In partnership with Werk It: A Women’s Podcast Festival, Joyce DiDonato joins the Brentano String Quartet for […]
This month, Joyce DiDonato returns to Philadelphia for concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The ensemble’s first of three performances in Philadelphia will be on Thursday, November 8 at Verizon Hall, followed by a featured concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, November 13.
In between her whirlwind performances of Les Troyens at Vienna Staatsoper, Joyce DiDonato sings a recital at the Voix d’Automne Festival in the breathtaking La Grange au Lac. The Voix d’Automne, running from October 26-29, features musical theatre and operatic recitals from 2018 graduates of the Paris Opera Academy with the Pays de Savoie Orchestra. […]
Joyce DiDonato makes her highly anticipated staged debut as Didon in Berlioz’ Les Troyens at the Wiener Staatsoper. This new production is directed by Sir David McVicar and Alain Altinoglu conducts the Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper and the Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper. Ms. DiDonato has received great acclaim for her portrayal of this […]
Maria by Callas, a documentary that takes an intimate look into the life and work of one of the most beloved opera singers of the 20st century, Maria Callas, premieres in the United States on September 30 & October 8 at the 56th annual New York Film Festival. Directed by Tom Volf, the film takes […]
‘A peach of a recording’ is how I signed off my original review of this account of Berlioz’s Les Troyens last December – ‘a thrilling new benchmark for this epic opera’. I completely stand by that assessment today – this set from Erato is an absolute stunner. I attended the second of two concert performances in Strasbourg […]
Joyce DiDonato has been awarded Opus Klassik‘s Operneinspielung des Jahres (Opera recording of the year) for her recording of Berlioz’s Les Troyens. This is the second major award for this recording, having already won the Opera category in the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Awards. The Opus Klassik, a new award for classical music, will be awarded for the first time […]
Ireland’s leading music conservatoire, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, last night [Tues 4 Sep] awarded the distinguished American mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato, with the Fellowship Honoris Causa, the highest artistic and academic accolade the institution can bestow. Since the RIAM’s foundation in 1848, only 58 individuals have received the honour for their outstanding services to music, […]
Tune in this Sunday, September 9 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) to watch a performance of Massenet’s Cendrillon recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera. Laurent Pelly’s imaginative production of Massenet’s operatic take on the classic fairy tale Cinderella stars Joyce DiDonato as the titular heroine and Alice Coote as Prince Charming, alongside Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, Laurent Naouri as Pandolfe […]
There will always be more freedom to acquire and more truth to uncover.
~ Joyce DiDonato