b. 1969 American mezzo-soprano She completed the studio programme at Houston Grand Opera before making her debut there in 1999. Her European debut came at La Scala the following year, quickly followed by first appearances at the Opéra Bastille, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera. While she has received particular acclaim for bel canto Rossini roles (notably Rosina in ...
b. 1969, American A lyric coloratura mezzo-soprano, DiDonato is known especially for her interpretation of Handel, Mozart, and an increasing number of bel canto roles. An example of the resurgent trend towards ‘personalities’ in the opera world, DiDonato has embraced the internet and social networking, regularly recounting her performance experiences and career developments online, ...
performed Norma for the first time in 1913, the day after her sixty-fifth birthday, at Teatro Communale di Bologna. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Joyce DiDonato | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | La Scala, Milan | High Romantic | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of the Metropolitan Opera | Turn ...
Lucia, Delibes’ Lakmé, and Amina (Bellini’s La sonnambula), all roles that she recorded. She announced her retirement from opera in 2013. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Joyce DiDonato | Contemporary | Classical ...
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