Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin reunite this month to reprise Schubert’s iconic song-cycle, Winterreise (“Winter’s Journey”). After their acclaimed performances last season of this poignant work, the Independent Kansas City called their performance an inspiring special event, “where you rarely get to see two musical superstars pull off a work of this magnitude.” Mr. Nézet-Séguin will set […]
This month, Joyce DiDonato will join the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal for several concerts in Chicago, Ann Arbor, New York, and Philadelphia. For the tour, Joyce will sing two ethereal arias from Mozart’s clemenza di Tito, including Sesto’s lyrical and robust “Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio” and Vitellia’s remorseful showpiece with basset horn obbligato, […]
Joyce DiDonato’s new recording of Berlioz’s dramatic La Damnation de Faust with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Maestro John Nelson is set to be released by Erato / Warner Classics on November 22. This recording was made in the Auditorium Erasme in Strasbourg in April 2019, two years after Nelson, the orchestra, and a […]
For the first concert of her second season-long Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall, Joyce DiDonato reunites with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Riccardo Muti for Berlioz’s riveting La mort de Cléopâtre. Ms. DiDonato performed this dramatic “scène lyrique” with the ensemble this past spring in Chicago, garnering critical praise for her performance: “Berlioz’s music […]
This autumn marks the final tour of Joyce DiDonato’s award-winning project “In War and Peace: Harmony Through Music.” Ms. DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro, under the direction of Maxim Emelyanychev, bring the project to South America for the first time, presenting concerts in Bogotá, Santo Domingo, São Paulo, Las Condes, and Buenos Aires. Since the first world tour […]
Joyce DiDonato has been named “Female Singer of the Year” for her new album “Songplay” by OPUS KLASSIK. “Songplay” unites world-class musicians from the varied worlds of opera, jazz, and tango in the pure pleasure of improvisation, experimentation, and exchange. Together they create their own musical language, surprising listeners with timeless melodies transformed and universal […]
Joyce DiDonato begins her 2019/20 season at the Royal Opera House starring in the title role of Handel’s Agrippina. Marking her first staged performance as the ultimate political operator, Agrippina, Joyce DiDonato made her debut in the role earlier this year on a European tour with Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. Joyce’s powerhouse […]
Joyce DiDonato and pianist David Zobel travel to Bucharest for a recital at the George Enescu Music Festival on September 2. For the recital, Joyce will sing arias and songs by Haydn, Mozart, Bellini, Luna, Rossini, Berlioz, and Hahn. Ms. DiDonato and Zobel are long-time collaborators who have presented recitals all over the world.
On August 25, Joyce DiDonato and pianist David Zobel join forces for a sold-out performance of Schubert’s profound Winterreise at the Canònica de Santa Maria de Vilabertran in Spain. The performance marks Ms. DiDonato’s debut singing at the Schubertíada, held every year in the village of Vilabertran. The event focuses on the musical work of Schubert […]
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~ Joyce DiDonato