Classical Voice North America
"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 {…}
New York Classical Review
"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 {…}
San Francisco Classical Voice
"Whether she was singing of nature’s consolations, turbulent love, or the combustive depredations of war, DiDonato was nothing less than spectacular. Her expressive articulation of the texts, exquisite phrasing, and {…}
Forum Opéra
"Elle aime Berlioz et le sert partout avec un engagement total. Joyce Di Donato apparaissait pour la première fois au Festival. Sa venue avait motivé, à juste titre, le public {…}
New York Times
"DiDonato cast a spell, ending the aria on a thread of sound, her Dido a shell of her former self — but what an exquisite shell it was." New York Times "Joyce {…}
Ôlyrix
"La mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, déjà présente lors des aventures précédentes, fait preuve d’une rare fidélité en interprétant la partie relativement brève dévolue à sa catégorie de voix en première partie de {…}