Orchestre Métropolitain Makes a Brilliant Debut in a Special Place
NEW YORK – It is possible to lose a sense of perspective after a good night of Bruckner. The critic in me urges caution. Best…
Browsing: Joyce DiDonato
Fall Highlights: Orchestras
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano opens his last season as music director of the OSM on Sept. 17 and 18 with tough stuff: Shostakovich’s…
Joyce Didonato: Into the Fire (Erato)
A bad album by Joyce Didonato is such a rarity that it warrants serious attention. The release at hand is a live recording of a…
Joyce DiDonato Stars in First-Ever Met Performances of Massenet’s Retelling of the Cinderella Story
New York, NY (April 9, 2017) – For the first time in its history, the Met will present Cendrillon, Jules Massenet’s 1899 operatic adaptation of the classic Cinderella story,…
Lebrecht Weekly: Berlioz: Les Troyens (Erato)
Berlioz: Les Troyens (Erato) John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Marie-Nicole Lemieux Almost every new release I sampled this week should never have been made.…
Letter from Munich 2012: Siegfried, Goetterdammerung, Joyce DiDonato
Canadian tenor Lance Ryan generously applauded for his exceptional SiegfriedThe Kriegenburg Ring (Cycle 2) continued with a Siegfried very much in the mode of the…
Letter from Munich 2012: Rheingold, Die Walkure, La cenerentola
The beautiful National-theater in the day time and at night, with the spectacular projections of Wagner’s Ring onto the front facade after the performance ends…
Mark Adamo : Little Women
Stephanie Novacek (Jo), Joyce DiDonato (Meg), Chad Shelton (Laurie), Stacey Tappan (Beth), Margaret Lloyd (Amy), Daniel Belcher (John Brooke) Houston Grand Opera Orchestra/Patrick Summers Mise…
