Posts Tagged ‘Joyce DiDonato’
ROSSINI Le Comte Ory – Jun 19, 2012
Rossin’s penultimate opera, Le Comte Ory, is the comic counterpart to his tragic masterpiece Guillaume Tell – both were premiered within a year of [...]
Joyce DiDonato records Jake Heggie’s ‘Dead Man Walking’ for Virgin Classics – Mar 22, 2012
Joyce DiDonato has reprised her acclaimed performance in 2010 for Houston Grand Opera of the nun Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man [...]
The Classical Review’s Best Recordings of 2011 – Dec 24, 2011
MONK Songs of Ascension (ECM) On the eve of her 70th birthday in late 2012, Meredith Monk’s tenth recording for ECM produced one of [...]
HANDEL Ariodante – Jul 20, 2011
Ariodante (1735) is one of the richest musically and most involving dramatically of all of Handel’s operas. One of several adaptations of various parts [...]
Joyce DiDonato records the title role in Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ for Virgin Classics – Jun 06, 2011
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato (pictured left) has recorded Handel’s Ariodante with Alan Curtis conducting Il Complesso Barocco for Virgin Classics. The disc follows DiDonato’s [...]
Joyce DiDonato renews exclusive recording contract with Virgin Classics – Mar 23, 2011
Joyce DiDonato has renewed her exclusive long-term recording contract with Virgin Classics. The American mezzo-soprano first signed to Virgin in June 2007 and has [...]
JOYCE DIDONATO Diva, Divo – Feb 04, 2011
From literally the first note – an ecstatic F sharp over an arresting harmony (the submediant in A major), which launches ‘Je suis gris!’ [...]
Joyce DiDonato crosses the gender divide for Virgin Classics – Jan 14, 2011
Joyce DiDonato’s third solo recording for Virgin Classics is a “playfully conceived” recital exploring the vocal and gender range of the mezzo repertoire. Diva, [...]
The Classical Review’s 10 Best Recordings of 2010 – Dec 22, 2010
GOLIJOV La Pasión según San Marcos (St. Mark Passion) (DG) Fervent performances in a faultless recording made a compelling claim for Osvaldo Golijov’s “powerful [...]
Naxos releases first American opera filmed in High Definition – Nov 22, 2010
Mark Adamo’s Little Women, the first American opera to be filmed in High Definition, has been released by Naxos. Recorded in March 2000 at [...]
