Joyce DiDonato

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Joyce DiDonato , b. Joyce Flaherty (born February 13, 1969 in Prairie Village , Kansas) is an American opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ). She is one of the leading classical singers of her time. Her repertoire ranges from Georg Friedrich Händel , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Gioachino Rossini and the bel canto operas of the early 19th century to Richard Strauss and contemporary operas such as by Jake Heggie and others.

DiDonato (Romeo, right) and Patrizia Ciofi (Juliet) after the second curtain in the performance “ I Capuleti ei Montecchi ” in Barcelona , May 2016

Life

Joyce DiDonato was born in Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City , Missouri, the sixth of seven children to an Irish-American family. In high school, she sang in the choir and dreamed of becoming a musical singer. She studied u. a. Vocalist from Wichita State University and graduated from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia . She got her first engagement at the Santa Fe Opera . There she initially sang smaller roles or the understudy in operas and operettas. In 1994 the mezzo-soprano took part in the world premiere of David Lang's Modern Painters . In the 2000/01 season she made her debut at La Scala in Milan as Angelina in the opera La Cenerentola . In 2005 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro . In 2010 she sang Adalgisa in Norma at the Salzburg Festival . In 2013 she wore the Last Night of the Proms a . a. the songs Danny Boy and Rule, Britannia! in front. In 2015 she made her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle with Damnation de Faust .

The artist has been singing on all major opera stages around the world since 2002. She guested u. a. in Amsterdam, Baden-Baden, Barcelona, ​​Berlin, Chicago, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Vienna and Zurich, as well as at the festivals of Pesaro, Edinburgh and Verbier. Joyce DiDonato is also active as a concert singer around the world and makes regular guest appearances at Carnegie Hall, Whigmore Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic. She also passes on her knowledge in numerous master classes.

In 2015 she was nominated for the International Opera Award as best singer.

The artist was married twice. She kept the name of her first husband as a stage name. In her second marriage, she was married to the Italian-born American conductor Leonardo Vordoni.

In addition to her artistic work, she pursues numerous charitable tasks, including for Carnegie Hall: Sing Sing Correctional Facility and El Sistema Greece, for which she was awarded the Glashütte Original Music Festival Prize in Dresden in 2018.

Repertoire (selection)

Discography CD

Total recordings

  • Michael Daugherty: Jackie O (in the role of Grace Kelly), Label: London Decca / Argo, 1997
  • Mark Adamo: Little Women (in the role of Meg), Label: Ondine, 2001
  • Tod Machover: Resurrection (in the role of Katerina), Label: Albany Records, 2002
  • Mendelssohn: A Midsummers Night's Dream , Label: Erato 2003
  • Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (in the role of Ascanio), Label: Virgin Classics, 2005; Erato, 2018
  • Rossini: La Cenerentola (in the role of Angelina / Cenerentola), Label: Naxos, 2005
  • Handel: Radamisto (in the role of Radamisto), Label: Virgin Classics, 2005
  • Heggie: The Deepest Desire, Label: Eloquentia France, 2006
  • Handel: Floridante (in the role of Elmira) , Label: Archiv Produktion, 2007
  • Handel: Alcina (in the role of Alcina) , Label: Archive Production, 2009
  • Handel: Un 'opera immaginaria, Label: Erato, 2009
  • Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte (in the role of Ippolita) , Label: Erato / Virgin Classics, 2010
  • Rossini: Stabat mater, Label: Warner Classics, 2010
  • Handel: Ariodante (in the role of Ariodante) , Label: Virgin Classics, 2011
  • Heggie: Dead Man Walking (in the role of Sister Helen Prejean) , Label: Virgin Classics, 2012
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni (in the role of Donna Elvira) , Label: Deutsche Grammophon, 2012
  • Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition, Label: Decca / Deutsche Grammophon, 2016 (CDs 131-133 Don Giovanni in the role of Donna Elvira)
  • Berlioz: Les Troyens (in the role of Dido), Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2017
  • Heggie: Great Scott (in the role of Arden Scott), Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2018
  • Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (in the role of Sesto), Label: Deutsche Grammophon, 2018
  • Handel: Agrippina (in the role of Agrippina), Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2020

Solo CDs by Joyce Didonato

  • Amor e gelosia - Handel: Operatic Duets, Label: Erato, 2004 (with Patrizia Ciofi)
  • The Deepest Desire, Label: Eloquentia France, 2006
  • Songs by Fauré , Hahn and Head - Arias by Rossini and Handel , Label: Wigmore Hall Live, 2006
  • Pasión !, Label: Eloquentia France, 2007
  • Furore - Handel: Mad Scenes from Operas, Label: Erato / Virgin Classics, 2009
  • Rossini: Colbran , the Muse , Label: Erato / Virgin Classics, 2010
  • Diva Divo , Label: Erato / Virgin Classics, 2011
  • Homecoming: Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato, iTunes, 2012
  • Drama Queens , Label: Erato / Virgin Classics, 2012
  • ReJOYCE! The Best of Joyce DiDonato , Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2013
  • Stella di Napoli , label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2014
  • Joyce and Tony: Live at Wigmore Hall , Label: Erato / Warner Classics 2015
  • In War and Peace. Harmony Through Music , Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2016
  • Into the Fire: Live at Wigmore Hall, Label: Erato / Warner Classics 2018
  • Songplay , Label: Erato / Warner Classics 2019

CDs with the participation of Joyce Didonato

  • Mozart, The Last concerto, 1791, Label: Glossa, 2002
  • Vivaldi, Sacred Music, Vol. 9, Label: Hyperion, 2003
  • Vivaldi, Sacred Music, Vol. 10, Label: Hyperion, 2004
  • Lamenti - Le concert d'Astrée , Label: Erato / Virgin Classics, 2008
  • Handel, Anniversary Edition 1759 - 2009, Label: Erato: 2009
  • Passing By - Songs by Jake Heggie , Label: Avic, 2010
  • The John Wilson Orchestra: Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies, Label: EMI Classics, 2012
  • Here / After Songs of Lost Voices by Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, Label: Pentatone Classics, 2013 (DiDonato sings Camille Claudel in: Into the Fire )
  • Mozart - Haydn: Jeunehomme, Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2014
  • The Conference of the Birds, Label: Navona Records, 2016 (Narrator)

Discography DVD and Blu-Ray

  • Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia , Label: Arthaus Musik, 2002 (Opéra national de Paris)
  • Handel: Hercules , Label: Bel Air classiques, 2004 (Opéra national de Paris)
  • Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris: Mass in B Minor , Label: Erato, 2007
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni , Label: Opus Arte, 2009 (Royal Opera House London)
  • Rossini: La Cenerentola , Label: Decca, 2009 (Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona)
  • Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia , Label: Erato, 2010 (Royal Opera House London)
  • Mark Adamo: Little Women , Label: Naxos, 2010 (Houston Grand Opera)
  • Rossini: Le comte Ory , Label: Erato, 2012 (Metropolitan Opera New York)
  • Massenet: Cendrillon , Label: Erato, 2012 (Royal Opera House London)
  • Opern- Pasticcio The Enchanted Island , Label: Erato, 2012 (Metropolitan Opera New York)
  • Donizetti: Maria Stuarda , Label: Erato, 2014 (Metropolitan Opera New York)
  • Bellini: I Capuleti ei Montecchi , Label: EuroArts, 2014 (San Francisco Opera)
  • Rossini: La donna del lago , Label: Erato, 2015 (Metropolitan Opera New York)
  • Bellini: I Capuleti ei Montecchi , Label: Accentus music 2016 (Zurich Opera House)
  • In War and Peace. Harmony Through Music , Label: Erato / Warner Classics, 2018 (concert recording)
  • Bellini: Norma , Label: Erato, 2018 (Metropolitan Opera New York)

A film about an untalented singer

Concert of the amateur soprano in 1944, program leaflet

Joyce DiDonato played Florence Foster Jenkins in a 2016 film . Jenkins became well known in the United States through recordings of her fake singing. She is a cult figure of the camp type, whose records have sold better than many other singers for many years. As a self-proclaimed opera diva, she made an unstoppable career in New York in the 1920s. Finally, she gave a single recital in 1944 in Carnegie Hall, which she rented in New York City . He broke all sales records.

In the first comprehensive documentary film about her, Joyce DiDonato sings well-known operatic roles correctly in the title role and slightly off-key again in Jenkins' style. You can also see the effort with which Jenkins staged her appearances as tableaux vivants. Other participants are interviewed in game scenes. The documentary examines these questions: What did Florence hear when she sang? Why was this woman singing so weird again and again that that alone led to a huge crowd at her only big concert? Was it a thirst for recognition, vanity without pain threshold? Was it the lack of love from the father, the first husband, driving them? What was the possible consequence of the illness? How did the sales success come about? It is remarkable how Joyce DiDonato intones the “wrong” variants in the film without losing his composure. The film was shown in the cinemas almost parallel to the feature film version of the story with Meryl Streep .

Awards (selection)

  • 1997: Richard F. Gold Career Grant
  • 1998: Second prize in the Operalia competition
  • 2000: ARIA (Awards Recognizing Individual Artistry) Award
  • 2002: Richard Tucker Award
  • 2007: Beverly Sills Award
  • 2010: ECHO Klassik as singer of the year for Colbran, the Muse
  • 2010: Gramophone Classical Music Awards as Artist of the Year
  • 2012: Grammy Award Best Classical Solo Vocal Album with Diva Divo
  • 2013: ECHO Klassik as singer of the year for Drama Queens
  • 2013: Vocalist of the Year by Musical America
  • 2014: Honorary doctorate from Juilliard School, New York
  • 2014: Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music
  • 2015: ECHO Klassik as singer of the year for Stella di Napoli
  • 2016: Grammy Award Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Joyce and Tony: Live at Wigmore Hall
  • 2017: ECHO Klassik as singer of the year for In War and Peace
  • 2017: Gramophone Classical Music Awards Best Recital In War and Peace
  • 2018: Olivier Award for Semiramide, Royal Opera House, together with Daniela Barcellona
  • 2018: Handel Prize of the City of Halle, awarded by the Handel House Foundation
  • 2018: Gramophone Classical Music Awards “Recording of the Year” and Opus Klassik “Opera recording of the year (19th century opera)” for Les Troyens , Erato / Warner Classics
  • 2019: OPUS Klassik as singer of the year for Songplay
  • 2020: Grammy Award Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for Songplay

Web links

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  1. ↑ http://www.klassikradio.de/kuenstler-und-klassikwissen-wiki/joyce-didonato
  2. ↑ Fiona Maddocks: Last Night of the Proms - review. The Guardian , September 8, 2013, accessed September 9, 2013 .
  3. ^ Martin Dickson: Lunch with the FT , Financial Times , February 1, 2014, p. 3
  4. ^ Mark Booth: Camp. ISBN 9780704323537
  5. ↑ Channel information about the film at arte , December 2019
  6. ^ Richard F. Gold Career Grant Recipients , The Soshana Foundation
  7. ^ Operalia: Winner 1998 . Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ ECHO Klassik 2010 ( Memento from March 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ echoklassik.de - Prize Winner 2013 ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 6, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echoklassik.de
  10. ↑ echoklassik.de - Prize Winners 2015 ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 18, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echoklassik.de
  11. ^ Federal Association of the Music Industry: ECHO Klassik | Award winners. Accessed August 7, 2017 .
  12. ↑ OPUS Klassik 2019. opus Klassik , September 3, 2019, accessed on September 4, 2019 .
  13. ↑ 2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME DiDonato, Joyce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Di Donato, Joyce; Flaherty, Joyce (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Prairie Village , Kansas