Joyce DiDonato
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Joyce DiDonato artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Interviews & Profiles
January 23, 2011 The mezzo-soprano talks about her new album, in which she plays both men and women.
December 7, 2010 The popular mezzo-soprano discovers the depths of humanity in Mahler's Second Symphony.
November 22, 2009 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin a wide assortment of new classical CDs.
April 14, 2009 April 14 marks the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. Hear why his music remains vital.
January 22, 2006 Joyce DiDonato is a young American mezzo soprano who has taken London by storm.
Discover Songs
November 22, 2009 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin a wide assortment of new classical CDs.
November 16, 2007 Joyce DiDonato sings the spectacular aria "Non piu mesta," from Rossini's La Cenerentola.
News
October 4, 2010 The venerable British classical music magazine has announced winners in 24 categories.
Reviews
November 27, 2012 Hear a celebrated mezzo-soprano sing an aria from her exceptional new recording of Baroque opera.
July 3, 2012 An acclaimed American opera gets a rare honor — a second recording.
January 16, 2011 Hear the amazing mezzo-soprano's new gender-bending opera album in its entirety before its release.
More Stories
January 17, 2013 When triggered by sound, chemicals in the brain can give rise to feelings of intense pleasure.
November 1, 2012 Watch excerpts from contemporary operas that grapple with today's top political issues head-on.
October 13, 2010 The opera star recalls a third grade letter to her parents, turning potential tragedy into triumph.
April 18, 2013 The refreshingly open American mezzo Joyce DiDonato doles out some great advice.
March 13, 2012 A fiery festival debut finds the opera star thrust into darkness — literally.
February 29, 2012 The prescribed plots and extravagant music of Opera Seria dominated 18th-century opera.
December 1, 2010 Hear 10 of the year's best, chosen by Tom Huizenga at NPR's classical blog, Deceptive Cadence.
December 1, 2010 The list of our 50 favorite albums of the year includes Flying Lotus and more artists from C to G.
December 25, 2009 Cinderella survives a dangerously dysfunctional family in Rossini's La Cenerentola.
June 19, 2009 Reluctant romance headlines an operatic take on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
