Talk about a trouper! Load More. Posted by: It turned out to be a fractured fibula. 05 July 2009 at 11:03 AM. From all reports, she won an enormous ovation. After all, that's what Rosina would do, isn't it? Posted by: Hal | 06 July 2009 at 08:03 PM. Believe it or not, when Bartolo asks "Cos'e' stato?" I wonder. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato performed a concert full of evocative imagination. 69.7k Followers, 114 Following, 869 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Joyce DiDonato (@joycedidonato) And she did - with all her usual sparkle - wielding a flower-bedecked crutch as if it were just some fashion accessory. We stop only because the person looking after us has to go home. I hope she takes the necessary time to recover and doesn't try to sing, at least in opera, again until she is completely well. Joyce's 2020/21 season began with performances of her baroque-inspired programme My … Antonio Pappano. Loved the bit where they changed the surtitles to make Rosina say she'd got cramp! This is an incredibly painful injury - a friend of mine recently suffered the same break and nearly passed out with the pain before the ambulance arrived (and had difficulty even sitting comfortably in her ROH seat two weeks after the event). Does he call her "Miss DiDonato"? For the second performance, on Tuesday night, Ms. Padmore said that Ms. DiDonato would perform in a wheelchair, her leg covered with a pink stocking to match her costume. Wed 20 January 2021 from 20.15 till 22.35 Wed 9 June 2021 from 20.15 till 22.35 Tickets Tickets Intro Musicians Extra Neta Please … Pierre Ruhe November 6, 2019. There has been no attempt to incorporate the wheelchair into the comic bits, Ms. Padmore said, at least not yet. Joyce Flaherty – the DiDonato came from her first husband – was born in 1969 and brought up the sixth of seven children in a Kansas City suburb. Joyce DiDonato January 5 at 2:14 PM Tune in to watch tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream of Rossini’ ... s "La donna del lago" featuring the divine Met Orchestra and Chorus, led by Michele Mariotti, with my wonderful colleagues Juan Diego Flórez , Daniela Barcellona , aJohn Osborn and many more, starting at 7:30PM ET. 05 July 2009 at 12:11 PM. Joyce DiDonato’s stop-at-nothing empress leads a top ensemble cast in Barrie Kosky’s enthralling Agrippina. londonstuff | Joyce DiDonato, mezzo Craig Terry, piano Program. *** Lots more about the show tomorrow! Posted by: Like her pert and wily young character, who is determined to outwit her guardian and marry the young man she adores, Ms. DiDonato, a dazzling singer on a career roll of late, sang the rest of the three-hour opera on crutches and in nonstop pain. F. J. HAYDN: Arianna a Naxos G. MAHLER: three songs of the Ruckert Lieder J. Joyce DiDonato & National Youth Orchestra o.l.v. (what's the matter? The mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in a London hospital after her onstage accident. Posted by: From what I read, recovery may take 6 weeks without stressing her leg. Op naar de toorn van operavorstinnen Orontea, Berenice en Ottavia, die we eerder ontmoetten op haar cd Drama queens. inter mezzo | Karen Almond/Dallas Opera hide caption According to staff I know there she really did leave in a wheelchair: he's hoping for the rest of the run. So how Joyce managed to soldier on for three hours is a mystery. Joyce DiDonato announced as Primephonic’s official Artist Ambassador Aug 03 2020 Recitals with Carrie-Ann Matheson in Spain Jul 11 2020 The Metropolitan Opera hosts Pay-Per-View Online Series Jul 03 2020 Digital Artist Residency with the University of Michigan. If she needs to take a few weeks or a month off, I hope she does it. “It was very delicate. Interesting comparison. Dance Dance - Featured Music Music - Featured. Joyce DiDonato stars in the new opera Great Scott as a world-famous diva who returns to her hometown and finds its opera company struggling to stay afloat. 05 July 2009 at 12:50 AM. She merits lots of support from her many fans. The American mezzo-soprano’s album Songplay unites extraordinary musicians from the varied worlds of opera, jazz and tango in the pure pleasure of improvisation, experimentation and exchange. Ms. DiDonato got to her feet and hobbled around the stage for the rest of the act. Joyce DiDonato went well beyond the call of duty providing it at the Royal Opera House tonight in Il barbiere di Siviglia. What a fantastic night!! 3,386 talking about this. A. HASSE: Aria de Cleopatra "Morte col Fiero aspetto"d’ Antonio e Cleopatra G. F. HANDEL: Ària de Cleopatra "É Pur così in un giorno / Piangerò la sorte mia" de Giulio Cesare G. GIORDANI: Caro mio ben - Arranj. Zingen en spelen, dat is Songplay. “She didn’t sprawl,” Ms. Padmore said. DiDonato, geboren als Joyce Flaherty, zong in haar jeugd al in koren en musicals. The stage was also quite slanted, not easy with heels on. All she knew at the time was that she was in excruciating pain. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Joyce DiDonato at the Discogs Marketplace. ), Rosina's first line in Act 2 really is "E' un granchio al piede" - I've a cramp (literally, a "crab") in my foot! Why can’t more concerts be like this? Performers. The Official Facebook Fan Page for Multiple Grammy Award winning Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato Joyce DiDonato: Songplay. Princeton University Concerts and the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan have released the first installment of a new digital initiative, conceived by Joyce DiDonato. ***. markeastlondon | Will she have to remain stationary?”. Loopbaan. Joyce DiDonato. Joyce DiDonato (Prairie Village (Kansas), 13 februari 1969) is een Amerikaanse mezzosopraan. Naast haar bekendheid in het barok­repertoire krijgt ze veel lof voor haar Mozart-interpretaties en voor haar ­rollen in ­belcanto-opera’s van bijvoorbeeld ­Rossini en Donizetti. de Craig Terry I would have thought they had sung together enough to be "Joyce" and "Juan Diego". UPDATE - Joyce has in fact BROKEN HER LEG! Ms. DiDonato is bent on finishing the run. What surprises me a bit is her calling him "Senor Florez". Edward Seckerson, music critic for The Independent, wrote that Ms. DiDonato sang with “delicious innuendo and fabulous aplomb” and that her crutch “came in useful when she trashed the set during the storm scene.”. 05 July 2009 at 11:34 PM. Singing Rosina in the company’s production of Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia,” the first of six performances, Ms. DiDonato had just finished the character’s scintillating signature aria in Act I, “Una voce poco fa,” when she slipped onstage and badly injured her right leg. We all like a little drama, don't we? Load More. She hauled herself up and carried on singing, but it was clear from her limp that all was not well, and her next appearance was with a walking stick, still limping. More details - and photos - from Joyce herself on her blog, here. A ROH spokesman announced before the second half that she'd sprained her ankle but was going to carry on despite the pain. 106K likes. 106 d. vind-ik-leuks. Joyce DiDonato greets you with a song in her heart and twinkle in her eye. Posted by: Joyce DiDonato, Il complesso barocco o.l.v. That's what opera's all about. I've also not heard the audience at the ROH roar like they did for Florez near the end for easily a couple of years since La Fille. Met musici uit de wereld van de opera, jazz en tango op één podium. In een fonkelende avond neemt sopraan Joyce DiDonato u mee langs haar favoriete muziek. I'm pretty sure she actually caught her footing in the gap on the floor where the tree from the first act was wheeled out: even before she went down she was watching her footing round that area, I noticed it a couple of times. View Joyce DiDonato's profile on Operabase, the reference for opera performances around the world. Show more Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato rings in … LONDON — On Saturday night at the Royal Opera House here, the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato brought literal meaning to the old theatrical motto “Break a leg.”. Joyce DiDonato’s repertoire spans five centuries and through her operatic career she has grown from the mischievous or melancholy ingénue (Rosina, Cendrillon, and Cenerentola) to tragic Queen (Maria Stuarda, Semiramide, and Didon), and from hormonal teenage boy (Cherubino and Sesto) to gallant medieval prince (Ariodante and Romeo). JDF was .... choose any superlative here.....Spagnoli didn't look a finta (finto?) There was nothing to trip over - perhaps she just slipped. Recalling the moment of the accident, Elaine Padmore, the director of opera at Covent Garden, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that many in the audience did not know there was a problem or thought that Ms. DiDonato’s spill was part of the comedic staging of this 2005 production. Quite remarkable to go on after having sustained such an injury. The story of Ms. DiDonato’s heroic resolve has been buzzing on the Web, including her own blog, Yankee Diva (yankeediva.blogspot.com), which is full of self-deprecating jokes; rueful regrets about three weeks of rehearsals down the drain; tributes to fellow cast members, including Juan Diego Flórez, her Count Almaviva; and, increasingly, well-wishes from opera buffs. Monteverdi, Cesti, Händel, Gluck e.a. The mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in a London hospital after her onstage accident. Is it safe? No word at this stage whether she'll complete the rest of the run, but I suspect from this showing she'll try her best. Big shame about JDD - I really hope she recovers as it would be a pity for the show to lose such an effortlessly at ease Rosina. HairMan | Winner of the 2018 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, she is a multi-Grammy Award winner and a fierce advocate for the arts. I suggest that her fans email her with their wishes for her fast recovery. Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato entrances audiences and critics across the globe in operas ranging from Mozart and Handel to Rossini, Donizetti, Berlioz and Heggie. Joyce Multi Grammy Award winner and 2018 Olivier Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato entrances audiences across the globe, and has been proclaimed “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation” by the New Yorker. Joyce DiDonato hasn’t once looked at her watch or made one of those you’ve-had-enough-of-my-time wriggling gestures. 05 July 2009 at 12:28 AM. I hope she takes time to rest and repair her ankle. And JDF pulls out of the 13th because it's too close to the live relay on the 15th. Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano. Gehoord 13/8, Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Even if it means a wheelchair. She rose from virtual anonymity in 1999 to international stardom by 2002, becoming one of the most sought-after coloratura mezzo-sopranos of the early 21st century. How sad that this happened to someone as marvelous in every way as Joyce. She horsed around at the curtain call, waving the crutch in the air, but she didn't look her usual happy self. Hal | Figaro at all....Corbelli clowned admirably (have to admit though that I've seen a funnier Bartolo recently)...And then there was Ferruccio Furlanetto...surely the reincarnation(s) of Alastair Sim and Alec Guinness? The Official Facebook Fan Page for Multiple Grammy Award winning Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato Have to admit that my antipathy towards this work was obliterated (yes, that strongly) by the wonderful performances on stage and in the pit. 2,395 talking about this. UPDATE - Joyce has in fact BROKEN HER LEG! I worry some that she sings too much (unlike Florez). She was diagnosed with a fractured fibula (calf bone)and she's now in a cast. Joyce DiDonato zong haar eerste Händel-­opera in 2001 in Amsterdam: Giulio Cesare bij De ­Na­tionale Opera. She was diagnosed with a fractured fibula (calf bone)and she's now in a cast. Okay - broken fibia...ouch x 1000 - for this alone she should be given tenure at CG for the rest of her career... Posted by: Hal | Posted by: Her email is available on her website. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato began her career with a string of critically acclaimed debuts, including at La Scala and Covent Garden, as well as triumphs on concert and recital stages. She spent four hours in an emergency room after Saturday’s performance and emerged with a diagnosis, a cast (which she painted with flower designs) and a determination to continue. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. 05 July 2009 at 09:18 PM. 05 July 2009 at 08:23 AM. Carnegie Hall & medici.tv are launching a fantastic and FREE new series called # CarnegieFriday , which begins today with a live recording featuring my performance of Schubert's "Winterreise" from December 15, 2019, with the wonderful Yannick Nezet-Seguin at the piano. Kenderina | A trouper to the core, she will use a wheelchair for Tuesday night’s performance. Joyce DiDonato announced as Primephonic’s official Artist Ambassador Aug 03 2020 Recitals with Carrie-Ann Matheson in Spain Jul 11 2020 The Metropolitan Opera hosts Pay-Per-View Online Series Jul 03 2020 Digital Artist Residency with the University of Michigan. (Photos by Trevor Chun) Review: Joyce DiDonato sings a soaring ode to peace at Schwartz Center. Wasn't it a fantastic night and poor old Joyce. Joyce DiDonato. Hal | Dmitri Sinkovski Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 11/11 In een vlammend rode creatie van Vivienne Westwood schrijdt Joyce DiDonato de Concertgebouwtrap af. More details - and photos - from Joyce herself on her blog. Rest of the act Multiple Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato went well beyond the call of duty it. Een Amerikaanse mezzosopraan quite remarkable to go home s stop-at-nothing empress leads a top ensemble cast in Barrie Kosky s! Had sung together enough to be `` Joyce '' and `` Juan Diego '' één! 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