Joyce DiDonato

Born: 1969-02-13

In all her endeavors, both on and off the stage, Joyce DiDonato engages audiences through her energy, imagination, and commitment to her art form. Through these qualities, and with a constantly questing spirit, she has nurtured the vocal, musical and dramatic talents that have taken her to the pinnacle of her profession as a performer. Equally, they serve her as an eloquent and formidable advocate for the transformative power of the arts as she takes music far beyond the world’s great stages – to educational institutions, refugee camps, and maximum-security prisons. “Music heals,” she has said, “and it can fire people up with purpose and courage to change the world.” The winner of multiple Grammys and the 2018 Olivier Award, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato is, in the words of the New Yorker, “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation”, her voice having been described by The Times as “nothing less than 24-carat gold”. For all its beauty and agility, its true impact lies in Joyce’s capacity to illuminate character and meaning through nuances of colour and phrasing and her unfailingly communicative way with the text.


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Maria by Callas

as Self - Narrator / Voice of María Callas (voice)
Released: 2017-12-13

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and...

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Rossini: La Donna del Lago

as Elena
Released: 2015-03-14

An all-star cast assembled for the Met’s first-ever performances of Rossini’s romantic retelling...

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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

as Rosina
Released: 2007-03-24

Audiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising...

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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

as Self
Released: 2018-03-06

Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's...

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The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

as Angelina
Released: 2014-05-10

Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story features a brilliant cast, led by bel canto...

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Le comte Ory

as Isolier (breeches role)
Released: 2011-04-09

Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises...

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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017

as Mezzo-soprano
Released: 2017-12-31

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...

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Verdi: Ernani

as Self - Host
Released: 2012-02-25

Rising Met star Angela Meade is Elvira, the young woman caught between three men: her lover, the...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

as Self - Host
Released: 2019-11-23

Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

as Sister Helen Prejean
Released: 2023-10-21

American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of...

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In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music

as uncredited
Released: 2018-03-20

Recorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this DVD is the...

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The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

as Florence Foster Jenkins
Released: 2016-11-10

Florence Foster Jenkins is known as "the worst singer of all times" and yet she is a cult figure...

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Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

as Self
Released: 2020-04-25

In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere...

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

as Romeo
Released: 2015-06-01

The story of Romeo and Juliet, who pay for their passion with their lives, has been interpreted...

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

as Romeo
Released: 2014-09-04

Bellini's radiant retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a beacon in the bel canto...

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Don Giovanni

as Donna Elvira
Released: 2008-09-12

DON GIOVANNI is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart’s music, and the words of his...

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Theodora

as Irene
Released: 2023-05-26

Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell’s thrilling new...

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

as Self - Host
Released: 2015-02-14

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard...

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Cendrillon

as Cendrillon / Lucette
Released: 2011-07-05

Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you...

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Bizet: Carmen

as Self - Host
Released: 2014-11-01

Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy,...

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

as Romeo
Released: 2016-05-17

Bellini - i Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

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Gounod: Faust

as Self - Host
Released: 2011-12-10

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

as Mary Stuart
Released: 2013-01-19

Joyce DiDonato gives a sensational performance as Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

as Herself - Host
Released: 2016-10-22

Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don...

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The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

as Virginia Woolf
Released: 2022-12-10

Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

as Agrippina
Released: 2020-02-29

As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s...

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

as uncredited
Released: 2002-06-20

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The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

as Sycorax
Released: 2012-12-20

A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy...

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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

as Self - Host
Released: 2009-01-24

Director and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

as Adalgisa
Released: 2017-10-07

Deep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is...

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Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

as Semiramide
Released: 2017-02-26

Queen Semiramide is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Together with her lover Assur, she once...

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Händel - Der Film

as Francesca Cuzzoni
Released: 2009-04-12

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Berlioz: Les Troyens

as Self - Host
Released: 2013-01-05

Berlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and...

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Massenet: Cendrillon

as Lucette/Cendrillon
Released: 2018-04-28

The 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s...

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The Barber of Seville

as Rosina
Released: 2009-07-04

23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA incredibly...

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Hercules - Handel

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-01

William Christie, the master of Baroque music, and stage producer Luc Bondy join forces in Paris...

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Massenet: Werther

as Charlotte
Released: 2016-06-27

Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry...

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Berlioz: Les Troyens

as Dido
Released: 2017-04-15

This release from Erato consists of highlights from the live concert of April 15, 2017 in the...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Cendrillon

as Cendrillon
Released: 2018-04-28

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Rossini La Cenerentola

as Angelina
Released: 2008-06-12

This is an excellent version of one of the greatest of all comic operas, featuring superb...

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Great Performances

as Margaret 'Meg' March
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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