We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
Kevin Puts’s score could do with more energy, but the drama of three women’s lives is compelling
The mezzo-soprano on her climate-themed album Eden, singing in prison and why music is like nature
The mezzo-soprano’s performance is full of character and centralises a woman’s view of the Austrian composer’s winter story
The American mezzo casts a glimmering, romantic sheen over the half-dozen Strauss songs
Both conductor and orchestra were on top form with a thrillingly dynamic programme of the French composer’s work
Marina Rebeka’s Vitellia is a firestorm of high notes, while Joyce DiDonato gives Sesto a luminous sound
In a rare solo recital, alongside Antonio Pappano, the singer brought beauty and flair to Haydn, Ravel and the American songbook
Joyce DiDonato shone in this semi-staged performance of Jake Heggie’s opera
Joyce DiDonato stars in a sentimental comedy about a star singer reviving a long-lost ‘bel canto’ opera
A recital by the mezzo-soprano that championed work by Jake Heggie
Joyce DiDonato shines in this production of Rossini’s lurid melodrama
The mezzo-soprano plunged uninhibitedly into the title role of Handel’s opera
With characteristic boldness, Michieletto reformulates this glittering music into something otherworldly
Vittorio Grigòlo and Joyce DiDonato set the stage alight in Massenet’s opera
Live recording of mezzo Joyce DiDonato and accompanist Antonio Pappano’s hugely enjoyable recital
The first concert in the orchestra’s five-day residency was dominated by waltzes
Joyce DiDonato shines in an otherwise poor production of Rossini’s opera
The mezzo-soprano presented a thrilling evening of challenging chamber music
At times, this concert performance of Handel’s opera resembled a sing-off between starry soloists
Opening the Wigmore’s season, the American soprano found an ideal accompanist in Antonio Pappano
The directors’ vision is feeble – but Joyce DiDonato is on superlative form in the title role
Joyce DiDonato sings with casual brilliance in the Met’s hyperactive Rossini production
Over grilled octopus, the American opera star gives Martin Dickson a singing masterclass and talks about the loneliness of life on the road
Where do musicians turn for sustenance? How five great performers keep body and soul together on tour
International Edition
