Joyce DiDonato in Conversation

Named "the most potent female singer of her generation" by The New Yorker, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has soared to the top of the industry as both a performer and a fierce arts advocate. She has gained international prominence in operas by Rossini, Handel and Mozart, as well as through her diverse discography. This season, the Grammy Award winner will be in residence at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Barbican Centre in London, and will perform as Elena in La donna del lago at the Metropolitan Opera, as Charlotte in Werther with Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and in recital in Amsterdam and Vienna.

[@TheEspadaHalibel]

She is the greatest gift for us young singers that exists. I love this woman!

[@julia.kowalsky]

Yes!

[@frogmouth]

I got hooked by opera at age 11. Ariadne Auf Naxos 1962 Festival of Arts. Didn't meet any other kids who liked it. It wasn't till my first year at University that I found peers who loved choral and operatic voices. Joyce is so right to be engaging young people who love it.

[@MsIvaana]

She is a great educator!

[@jermainejr11]

4 years later and I still needed to hear this. Queen Joyce. Thank you.

[@sandygaston4736]

Joyce is a real inspiration! I wish I had known her when I was a teen-ager.

[@daniellereid01]

An exceptionally intelligent singer and teacher. I love this woman!

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

Yeah...

[@katielawrence5420]

I love Joyce DiDonato.

[@janicejensen5257]

What a delightful tribute to Katie and Brian, Joyce!

[@tissetatten]

such an inspiering person. I love her

[@steveshepherd333]

Gosh ... what a sincere, engaging, and interesting person ....an amazingly generous person ... much thanks 🙏 Steve UK

[@raytaylor4525]

Great conversations and responses from Joyce are applicable to life - freedom, authenticity and being ourselves.

[@basilbucolic]

Very nice !

[@user-ql8qz9rh4u]

Thanks a lot for sharing this interesting and important information! It's so much useful for singers all over the world. Moreover Didonato is really lovely miracle in the music world! Her lessons helped me so much!

[@marialuizep.7872]

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@gvbrandolini]

Interessante

[@brookemartin6101]

56:57 I can't imagine finding the strength to walk out onto a stage in a moment like that!. 😟

[@houseofcreativity1]

I would love to hear the critique for Joyce regarding Dimash S.O.S. and her thought regarding his support in breath and techniques.

[@brookemartin6101]

Do you know what I just realized, at the end of this interview, the interviewer by way of wishing her good luck says "break a leg" 🤦‍♀️🤔🤦‍♂️ I'm surprised he didn't realize he said that, or that Joyce didn't comment or make some sort of joke because she Did actually break her leg in 2009 when she was Rosina in The Barber of Seville. I've only become a recent fan of Joyce but having learned that she broke her leg onstage he probably didn't think in the moment that making that comment was maybe in poor taste.

[@frogmouth]

No its a traditional good luck saying used in the UK Australia South Africa in the theatre world drama opera musicals and even ballet! " break a leg" ...and i am sure it is in the USA .

[@pippacrash5847]

Why is he not offering her more water? Why is he not in the moment? Ahh... well prepared is not the main thing to be a good "Gastgeber" u miss so many opportunities around you. You should be the frame.

[@frogmouth]

The water is there within reach!