En soledad: el viaje musical de Joyce DiDonato

By Maria Sánchez, 11 January 2021

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Reviewed at Palau de la Música, Barcelona on 10 January 2021

Haydn, Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob XXVIb:2: excerpts

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Liebst du um Schönheit

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte, col fiero aspetto

Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia

Giordani, Caro mio ben

Parisotti, Se tu m'ami (Arr. Craig Terry)

Ellington, Solitude (Arr. Craig Terry)

Gugliemi, La Vie en Rose (Arr. Craig Terry)

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano

Craig Terry, Piano

Something old, something new: Joyce DiDonato at the Barbican

Kevin W Ng, 26th October

Joyce DiDonato and Craig Terry present a wide-ranging exploration of isolation and reunion, from Baroque to jazz.

***11

Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

When we dead awaken: Mahler 2 returns to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 8th March

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra deliver a supreme meditation on the power of music and faith.

*****

Joyce DiDonato’s Berlioz takes flight in Auckland

Simon Holden, 29th November

The unexpected grounding of Airbus A320s across the globe has musical consequences in Auckland, but Joyce DiDonato’s Berlioz saves the day.

****1

Philadelphia Orchestra delivers magnificent Mahler 3 at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 15th October

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads The Philadelphia Orchestra in a multifaceted performance of Mahler’s monumental, life-affirming score.

*****

A vision of Death Row: Heggie’s Dead Man Walking opens the Met season

Robert Levine, 26th September

The Metropolitan Opera makes good on its promise to present more contemporary work, opening the season with Jake Heggie's gut wrenching tale of rage and redemption.

*****

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Maria Sánchez

Nacida en Barcelona, se formó musicalmente a una edad temprana y de manera autodidacta. Graduada en Historia del Arte (Universitat de Barcelona) y posteriormente formada en el máster Música como Arte Interdisciplinar (Universitat de Barcelona / ESMUC / Universitat Rovira i Virgili), se especializó en el estudio y creación de nuevos lenguajes escénicos y musicales. Ha llevado a cabo la creación de proyectos dramatúrgicos en torno a la reformulación del mito clásico en las artes escénicas contemporáneas, eje vertebral de sus estudios. En la actualidad, continúa proyectando nuevos discursos y planteamientos sobre la supervivencia del mito en lo social y lo artístico.