Joyce DiDonato is set to culminate her successful tour “In War and Peace” this November. The tour, which began on Nov. 17, 2016, at the BOZAR in Brussels has lasted nearly three years and has traveled across four continents to 44 cities within 25 countries. The tour will end in capital of her own country, Washington, D.C. The tour was {…}
The Palau de les Arts has announced a varied 2019-20 season featuring operas, zarzuelas, concerts, and recitals. Here is a look. Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” is set to be conducted by Christopher Moulds in a production by Emilio Sagi. The cast will be headed by Andrzej Filończyk, María José Moreno, Sabina Puértolas, Robert Gleadow, Cecilia Molinari, Susana Cordón, and Valeriano Lanchas. Performance {…}
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring a number of important soloists and important works. For this season announcement, we will only focus on vocal showcases or programs related to opera in any way. Here is a look. Yannick Nezet-Seguin leads the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 as well as Joyce DiDonato in {…}
This week, one major CD is slated for release and it comes from one of opera’s greatest singers. Here is a sneak peek of that release! Songplay Joyce DiDonato releases her latest album for Erato featuring music by Vivaldi in both its customary Baroque purity and swinging to the heady rhythm of a samba. As described in a press release {…}
The name Joyce DiDonato is synonymous with great music making, diverse repertoire, arts education, and advocacy. The mezzo is also one of the greatest living artists in the world and one of the busiest performers around. As she finishes her first staged production of “Les Troyens” at the Wiener Staatsoper, DiDonato is embarking on a tour with the Philadelphia Orchestra {…}
Erato has announced that the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of “Norma” will be released on DVD. The production, which opened the Met season last season, starred Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, and Joseph Calleja. Carlo Rizzi conducted the opera, which received rave reviews and which OperaWire called the production a “success and hearkens to a season of beautiful artistry, great music, {…}
