"Deploying the entire range of vocal colour at her disposal, as well as frequent tempo modulations, DiDonato heightened the dramatic potential of the story in ways that few lieder singers {…}

"Daar stond ze, verhalenverteller Joyce DiDonato, met een volstrekt onopgesmukt stemgeluid. Ze maakt zo’n voorstelling, ze is een verschijning, tegelijkertijd valt ze samen met het verhaal en de muziek en {…}

"But, oh, what wonders were unfurled across 90 minutes, as coloratura mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Dallas-based vocal quartet Kings Return, accompanied by pianist Craig Terry, indulged a vibrant cross-section of {…}

"DiDonato’s deeply felt Piante ombrose was a high point of the performance, as was her exquisite interpretation of Mahler’s delicate Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (I breathed a gentle fragrance). Her {…}

"Feb. 8 welcomed a bracing touring attraction, with Maxim Emelyanychev leading his energetic, excellent ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro with their regular collaborator Joyce DiDonato, clearly beloved in Paris. The American {…}

"Overstory Overture is very much in line with older tonal modernism—it shares some specific colors and vocal phases with some vocal works of Samuel Barber—giving it the unexpected feeling of an {…}