“Behind the Scenes of the 2007 Diva Issue Cover Shoot”
Joyce DiDonato behind the scenes at the photo shoot for the Opera News October issue. (Courtesy of Opera News)
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“A Conversation with Cinderella and her Prince”
Joyce DiDonato and Lawrence Brownlee give an inside look at La Cenerentola.
The Trinity Institute presentation of scenes from the opera "Dead Man Walking", featuring Frederica von Stade and Sr. Helen Prejean.
AUDIO: In the Studio
Listen to selected tracks from Joyce's critically acclaimed newly released CDs.
Special feature courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera. Beverly Sills, Agnes Varis, and Joyce DiDonato discuss the 2007 Sills Award, broadcast April 28, 2007.
Joyce's interview "New Opera Star" with NPR's Rob Gifford: NPR Weekend Edition, Sunday, January 22, 2006
Visit Opera News Online and hear Joyce divulge the recordings that rouse her emotions, in “The Listening Room”
PRINT: Feature Articles
Cindrella Story:
Joyce DiDonato is now a critic's darling, but JANET A. CHOI discovers that the mezzo's spectacular success didn't always seem to be a sure thing.
It's almost inconceivable that Joyce DiDonato was once told by a judge at a song competition in London that...
(Opera News, October 2007)
Not in Kansas Anymore:
Joyce sits down with Classical Singer's Chantal Panozzo to discuss her
myriad of recent successes. She shares how keeping the right mental frame
of mind is one key to staying physically healthy, why opera isn't something you'll find in her iTunes,
and how she handled the challenges of a live recording project. … (Used with permission of Classical Singer magazine.)
(Classical Singer, March 2007)
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo ¡Pasión!: Mehdi Mahdavi interviews Joyce on a number of topics… [in French](Altamusica Online Magazine, December 2006)
“The RPS awards: the gongs and the gowns”
(The Gramophone, May 11 2006)
“Singing on the Sunny Side”
(The London Telegraph Online, February 3, 2006)
Singing A to Z on the cusp of stardom: Andrew Clark presents Joyce's "front-door entrance" at
Covent Garden, where she sings Rosina in the Royal Opera's new production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
(Financial Times, December 16, 2005)
Joyce DiDonato: une mezzo tragi-comique: Mehdi Mahdavi shows why Joyce is much more than just “the most malicious Rosina
and most delicious Cenerentola”… [in French](Altamusica Online Magazine, Winter 2005)
Connecting the Dots: Joyce sits down with Daniel Helfgot to talk about the making of her career, touching on everything
a young singer needs to know – from where to waitress to working out… (Used with permission of Classical Singer magazine.)
(Classical Singer, August 2003)
From Meg March to Sister Helen Prejean:
Joyce DiDonato’s Journey Up To Now:
A recap of Joyce’s “wild ride” to stardom, as seen by Robert Wilder Blue…
(USOperaWeb Online Magazine, Autumn 2002)
Sound Bites:
F. Paul Driscoll writes about Joyce’s “Cinderella Year”, one that saw her interpretation of Angelina in Tel Aviv,
Madrid and La Scala – as well as her favorite baseball team struggle through their season… (Used with permission of Opera News magazine.)
(Opera News, September 2001)
TALKING: With The Stars
Hear the inside information from Joyce as she travels and performs around the world. Onstage, backstage, and off-stage – Joyce's podcasts will cover it all !
John Copley A conversation with one of the world's premier theatrical figures.
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web.media.mit.edu/~tod/
Singing in Tod's opera, "Resurrection" was a challenging and incredibly rewarding experience. Here you can find
out how he is revolutionizing the future of how we teach and develop the next generations of music lovers.
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Ah, the Royals -- my pride, my joy and the thorn in my side. I love baseball, and this team is my home team.
They're struggling, but I love to cheer for them!
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Photographer David Michaud's site. He is a gem, and our photo shoot on the Places des Voges was a dream!
The web is lucky to have his eye!
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Sr. Helen Prejean’s official web site. Here you can find the writings of this amazing woman,
her thoughts on “Dead Man Walking”, as well as a calender of her speaking engagements.
She is an inspiration.