GREAT SCOTT TO OPEN DALLAS OPERA’S 2015-2016 SEASON  STARRING WORLD RENOWNED MEZZO-SOPRANO  JOYCE DIDONATO

GREAT SCOTT TO OPEN DALLAS OPERA’S 2015-2016 SEASON STARRING WORLD RENOWNED MEZZO-SOPRANO JOYCE DIDONATO

GREAT SCOTT TO OPEN TDO’S 2015-2016 SEASON

STARRING WORLD RENOWNED MEZZO-SOPRANO

JOYCE DIDONATO IN HER NORTH TEXAS DEBUT!

MAESTRO EVAN ROGISTER, CONDUCTING

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“Unsparing ferocity” as the Sorceress Sycorax in the Met’s Enchanted Island

“Unsparing ferocity” as the Sorceress Sycorax in the Met’s Enchanted Island

“The mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was Sycorax. She commanded the stage from her first showcase scene, when she plotted her revenge on Prospero in “Maybe soon, maybe now” (music from Handel’s “Teseo”), singing with cool control, then bursting into fearless flights of passagework.”  ~Anthony Tommasini, New York Times

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End of the Year “Best of” Lists

End of the Year “Best of” Lists

Song recitals can sometimes be stiffly formal affairs, but this charismatic mezzo-soprano made Carnegie Hall feel like a living room when she performed a wide-ranging program of Haydn, Rossini, Cécile Chaminade and Jake Heggie with the pianist David Zobel in March. The event was memorable not only for Ms. DiDonato’s spectacular singing but also for her engaging onstage commentary.” ~ Best of 2011 New York Times

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OPERA NEWS: Dream Girl. Joyce DiDonato.

OPERA NEWS: Dream Girl. Joyce DiDonato.

Dream Girl. The Sweet Voice of Reason
Joyce DiDonato — probably the most in-demand lyric-coloratura mezzo in the world — has become a star by playing up, not down, to her audiences. She tells BRIAN KELLOW how proud she is of opera — and how proud she is to be an opera singer.

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“Ariodante” in concert celebrated in conjunction with new disc release

“Ariodante” in concert celebrated in conjunction with new disc release

It was one of the most detailed, artistically assured and musically thrilling pieces of singing and acting I’ve seen and heard in a long while.” ~ The Arts Desk
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