Joyce DiDonato
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.
Cendrillon
as Cendrillon / LucetteMassenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you...
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Maria by Callas
as Narrator / Voice of María CallasTold through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and...
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Verdi: Ernani
as Self - HostRising Met star Angela Meade is Elvira, the young woman caught between three men: her lover, the...
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Don Giovanni
as Donna ElviraDON GIOVANNI is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart’s music, and the words of his...
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Bizet: Carmen
as Self - HostGeorgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy,...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola
as AngelinaRossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story features a brilliant cast, led by bel canto...
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Gounod: Faust
as Self - HostTenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this...
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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
as SelfJoin host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's...
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Bellini: Norma
as AdalgisaDeep in a forest where druids and warriors seek revenge against the conquering Romans, Norma is...
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Massenet: Cendrillon
as Lucette/CendrillonThe 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s...
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Hercules - Handel
as uncreditedWilliam Christie, the master of Baroque music, and stage producer Luc Bondy join forces in Paris...
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Philip Glass: Akhnaten
as Self - HostPhilip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the...
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Theodora
as IreneJulia 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 - HostValery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard...
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The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
as SycoraxA contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
as Sister Helen PrejeanAmerican composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
as Self - HostBerlioz’s epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
as Virginia WoolfRenée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of...
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The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
as Florence Foster JenkinsFlorence Foster Jenkins is known as "the worst singer of all times" and yet she is a cult figure...
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia
as RosinaAudiences went wild for Bartlett Sher’s dynamic production, which found fresh and surprising...
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Massenet: Werther
as CharlotteWerther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry...
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
as Self - HostDirector and choreographer Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s masterpiece updates the immortal...
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Rossini: La Donna del Lago
as ElenaAn all-star cast assembled for the Met’s first-ever performances of Rossini’s romantic retelling...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
as Herself - HostSimon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don...
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Rossini La Cenerentola
as AngelinaThis is an excellent version of one of the greatest of all comic operas, featuring superb...
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I Capuleti e i Montecchi
as RomeoBellini's radiant retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a beacon in the bel canto...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
as Mary StuartJoyce DiDonato gives a sensational performance as Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto...
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The Barber of Seville
as Rosina23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA incredibly...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
as AgrippinaAs the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s...
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Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
as uncreditedIn 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 RomeoBellini - i Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
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Le comte Ory
as Isolier (breeches role)Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" tells the story of a libidinous and cunning nobleman who disguises...
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Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper
as SemiramideQueen Semiramide is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Together with her lover Assur, she once...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
as DidoThis release from Erato consists of highlights from the live concert of April 15, 2017 in the...
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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
as RomeoThe story of Romeo and Juliet, who pay for their passion with their lives, has been interpreted...
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In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music
as uncreditedRecorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this DVD is the...
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
as Mezzo-sopranoThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
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Great Performances
as Margaret 'Meg' MarchThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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