Joyce DiDonato
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Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano.
In comparison to Handel and Mozart's work, she is known for her interpretations of operas and concert works in the 19th-century romantic period. She has performed with many of the world's top opera companies and orchestras, as well as multiple awards, including the 2012 and 2016 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo.
Early life and education
Joyce Flaherty was born in Prairie Village, Kansas, in 1969, the sixth of seven children in an Irish-American family. Donald's father, Donald, was a self-employed architect who built houses in the area. Amy Hetherington, one of Joyce's sisters, was a music teacher at St. Ann Catholic School, which Joyce and her siblings attended. She then went to Bishop Miege High School, where she performed in musicals. She began studying vocal music education at Wichita State University (WSU) in 1988 because she was first interested in teaching high school vocal music and musical theatre. She became interested in opera after watching a PBS telecast of Don Giovanni, and then, in her junior year, she was cast in a Die Fledermaus school production.
DiDonato, who graduated from WSU in spring 1992, has decided to pursue graduate studies in vocal performance at the Academy of Vocal Arts. Following her studies in Philadelphia, she was accepted in the Santa Fe Opera's Apprentice Singer program for the summer 1995 festival season, where she appeared in several minor roles and understudied for larger roles in such operas as Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Richard Strauss' Salome, Kálmán's Gräfin Mariza, and David Lang's Modern Painters' 1994 world premiere. This year, she was one of many Outstanding Apprentice Artists by the Santa Fe Opera.
She became a member of the Houston Grand Opera's young artist program in 1996, and performed there from fall 1996 to spring 1998. DiDonato played in San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program during the summer of 1997.
DiDonato competed in several vocal competitions during her apprenticeship years. She received the second prize in the Eleanor McCollum Competition in 1996 and was a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In 1997, she won a William Matheus Sullivan Award, first place in the Stewart Awards, and the Shoshana Foundation awarded Richard F. Gold Career Grant to her.
Janet Baker, an English mezzo-soprano, talked about how she moved from age 26 to 29, 1998 (circa 1995-1998). "I had no idea when a few of my colleagues were getting to The Met and playing leading roles at [The New York] City Opera. "OK, let's rewrite," I staggered and I said. ....I was really bad for about a year and a half because my teacher was taking away all the instruments that I was using to sing. And it was the best thing that could have happened."
Personal life
Joyce Flaherty married Alex DiDonato, who was based on her surname, at 21. After being together for 14 years, they divorced. At the Rossini Opera Festival in 2003, she met Italian conductor Leonardo Vordoni and fell in love at first sight. They married in August 2006 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, a gondola during Cendrillon's appearances at the Santa Fe Opera, and shared a home in Kansas City, Kansas. Their union came to an end in 2013.
Career
DiDonato began her opera career in the United States in 1998/1999, appearing with many regional opera companies. Maslova, Tod Machover's Resurrection with Houston Grand Opera, she was most notable in the world premiere of Tod Machover's Resurrection. She gave a recital in San Francisco last year as part of the Schwabacher recital series.
She appeared in Meg's world premiere in Mark Adamo's Little Women, as Stephanie Novacek as Jo and Chad Shelton as Laurie, while Chad Shelton as Laurie is also at the Houston Grand Opera. She also appeared in The Marriage of Figaro with the Santa Fe Opera and in the role of Isabella in the New Israeli Opera in Algeri during that season. She gave a recital at Morgan Library in New York under the auspices of the George London Foundation and appeared as a soloist in Handel's Messiah's Seattle Symphony performance.
DiDonato appeared in La Scala in Rossini's La Cenerentola in 2000/01 season as Angelina, Cos fan tutte, and she performed the mezzo-soprano solos in Bach Mass in B minor with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and conductor John Nelson, and she appeared in B minor with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and conductor John Nelson.
Dorabella in Cosfan tutte, Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare, with Opéra National de Paris as Sesto, and Cherubino in Bavarian State Opera under Dubin Mehta's baton. In addition, she returned to the Santa Fe Opera to perform Annio in La clemenza di Tito, as well as several concert appearances, including those with Riccardo Muti conducting the Orchestra of La Scala in Vivaldi's Gloria and the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris's presentation of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Sister Helen in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, as Zlatoh, fox in Jan. 1's The Cunning Little Vixen, and the New National Theatre in Seville's New National Theatre as Rosina in The Barber of Seville, were among the debutants in the 2002/03 season. At the Rossini Opera Festival and Cherubino at Opéra Bastille, there were also performances of the title role in Rossini's Adina.
She performed Mozart's Requiem with the Seattle Symphony, Berlioz's Les nuits d'été, and made her Carnegie Hall debut in a performance of Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Orchestra of St. Luke, under Peter Scherr's baton. In Les nuits d'été performances, she and Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre toured Europe.
DiDonato made her debut at the San Francisco Opera in 2003/2004 season as Rosina and then reprised the role at Houston Grand Opera. She appeared in Mozart's Idomeneo with De Nederlandse Opera and the Aix-en-Provence Festival, as well as in the role of Ascanio in a concert performance by Attilio Cellini with the Orchestre National de France. Among other things, she appeared solo recitals at the Lincoln Center in Washington, Kansas City's Folly Theatre, and Wigmore Hall in London. In a version of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, she appeared at the Hollywood Bowl. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has a 9-piece orchestra.
During the 2004-2005 season, she appeared in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda as Elisabetta's role as Elisabetta at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. In addition, she appeared in La Scala, Rossini's La Cenerentola, and then appeared in Luca Ronconi's The Barber of Seville at the Pesaro Festival and the Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro during 2005/06 season, as well as playing Stéphano in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. She performed in La clemenza di Tito at Grand Théâtre de Genève and in Sesto, as Rosina, and performed Dejanira in Handel's Athena. She also performed in the Barber of Seville with William Christie in the role of Dejanira in Handel's La clemenza di Tito. She appeared in several concerts with the New York Philharmonic and gave a recital at Wigmore Hall. She closed Massenet's Cendrillon's 50th anniversary season in the title role.
DiDonato appeared in Ariadne on Naxos in the 2006/07 season and as Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo and as Angelina in La Cenerentola. She sang Rosina in The Barber of Seville at the Metropolitan Opera and performed her first Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with the San Francisco Opera in addition to a long recital tour around the United States and Europe with Julius Drake.
She appeared in La Cenerentola as Angelina and as Rosina in the Lyric Opera of Chicago. With Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco, she portrayed the title role in Handel's Alcina, as well as the title role in Handel's Ariodante at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. She appeared in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi and returned to Teatro Real in Idomeneo in July 2008. She gave recitals at La Scala, Lincoln Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as a special concert of Handel arias, which was recorded in Brussels.
Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni appeared in the 2008/2009 season as Donna Elvira. In a show as Rosina on July 7, she slipped onstage and broke her right fibula, hopping in the first act and the remainder on crutches. She then performed the five remaining shows in a wheelchair. In her debut at Vienna State Opera, she appeared as Beatrice in Berlioz' Bénédict, Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo and Rosina.
She appeared in concerts with the New York Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the latter of which was under James Levine's baton. Les Talens Lyriques performed in Europe and the United States, giving Handel aria recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Rossini Opera Festival.
In Rossini's Le comte Ory, she appeared as Isolier in Rossini's Le comte Ory. She appeared in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at the Houston Grand Opera in April 2012, repeating the role in the work's premiere appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in January 2013. In the spring of 2013, she appeared in a new version of La donna del lago at the Royal Opera House. During the 2013 festival season, the Santa Fe Opera also performed DiDonato with Lawrence Brownlee as Uberto. The Santa Fe Opera added an additional show of La donna del lago for the first time in its 57-year history, thanks to record-breaking ticket sales.
She appeared at the Last Night of the Proms on September 7, 2013, singing arias by Massenet ("Je suis gris!je suis ivre!
Handel ("Ombra mai fu"), and Rossini ("Tanti affetti in tal time") "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the Wizard of Oz as a bow to her home state of Kansas and "Danny Boy"; she then led the audience into the popular "Rule, Britannia!" She appeared in Romeo as the Lyric Opera of Kansas City opened its season with Bellini's I Capuleti e Montecchi on September 21, 2013.DiDonato was named a "Perpetrable" artist for the duration of Carnegie Hall's 2014-2015 season in January 2014. During this period, her appearance collaborators included The English Concert conducted by Harry Bicket, her accompanist David Zobel, the Brentano String Quartet, and The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Maurizio Benini.
In April and May, she appeared in La Cenerentola in Rossini as the title role at the Metropolitan Opera.
She began the Wigmore Hall's 2014/15 season in early September 2014 with two performances and with Antonio Pappano at the piano. Haydn, Rossini, Santoliquido, and songs from the Great American Songbook were included on the program. Joyce and Tony: Live at Wigmore Hall in 2015, which received the Best Classical Vocal Solo Album in the 2016 Grammy Award.
With a concert called "Stella di Napoli" conducted by Riccardo Minasi in late September 2014, DiDonato started the Barbican Centre's 2014/15 classical season. Joyce DiDonato's first appearance in the Barbican's Artist Spotlight series was this one. The remaining four performances were three concerts: a red, white, and blue.
She began giving masterclasses at Carnegie Hall, and more specifically at the Weill Music Institute in 2015. Many young singers (usually college students) study with her personally over three days to gain valuable feedback about their success and vocal ability.
In November 2016, she released In War & Peace: Harmony through Music, a project launched in response to the Paris attacks in November 2015. In a series of concert recitals imbued with choreography and dramatic effects, she collaborated with Maxim Emelyanyanychev and Il Pomo d'Oro. They then toured Europe and the United States, and eventually returned to Europe and the United States. The three-year project also went to Russia, Asia, and South America; the Liceu's performance on June 4, 2017 was filmed and later released on DVD. Donna Leon and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg were the last performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., followed by a talk.
She appeared in a New Year's Eve Concert at the Berlin Philharmonic on December 31, 2017.
She released her album Songplay, which blends jazz, Latin, and tango grooves into a set of Italian Baroque arias, jazz standards, and Great American Songbook picks in 2019. After a successful album launch, she went on to tour the United States, beginning in February 18 and March 10, 2019. This album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2020, DiDonato's third.
In the title role of Agrippina in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Handel's Agrippina in 2020, DiDonato appeared and sang in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Handel's Agrippina.