Joyce DiDonato
Biography
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.
Known For(44 works)
Great Performances
1971Great Performances
1971
Gounod: Faust
2011Gounod: Faust
2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
2023The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
2023
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
2019The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
2019
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
2018
Maria by Callas
2017Maria by Callas
2017
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
2015Rossini: La Donna del Lago
2015
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
2016The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
2020The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
2020
Berlioz: Les Troyens
2013Berlioz: Les Troyens
2013
Verdi: Ernani
2012Verdi: Ernani
2012
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2016Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
2022The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
2022
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020
Don Giovanni
2008Don Giovanni
2008
The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
2016The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
2013The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
2013
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2010The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre
2010
The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola
2014The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola
2014
Hercules - Handel
2004Hercules - Handel
2004
The Barber of Seville
2009The Barber of Seville
2009
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2014I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2014
Bizet: Carmen
2014Bizet: Carmen
2014
New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic
2018New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic
2018
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
2022The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
2022
Cendrillon
2011Cendrillon
2011
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
2009Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
2009
Händel - Der Film
2009Händel - Der Film
2009
In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music
2018In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music
2018
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
2015Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
2015
Massenet: Cendrillon
2018Massenet: Cendrillon
2018
Rossini La Cenerentola
2008Rossini La Cenerentola
2008
Berlioz: Les Troyens
2017Berlioz: Les Troyens
2017
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
2012The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
2012
Theodora
2023Theodora
2023
The Metropolitan Opera: Norma
2017The Metropolitan Opera: Norma
2017
Massenet: Werther
2016Massenet: Werther
2016
Le comte Ory
2011Le comte Ory
2011
Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper
2017Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper
2017
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
2017The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
2017
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2007Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2007
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2015Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2015
Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris - Mass In B Minor
2007Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris - Mass In B Minor
2007
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2002Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2002