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Joyce DiDonato, souveraine Agrippina au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

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“On reste admiratif devant l’ampleur de sa voix, son souffle interminable, la puissance de ses aigus”
Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 29 May 2019
Handel, Agrippina (Concert performance)
Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor
Joyce DiDonato, Agrippina
Elsa Benoit, Poppea
Gianluca Buratto, Claudio
Franco Fagioli, Nerone
Xavier Sabata, Ottone
Andrea Mastroni, Pallante
Carlo Vistoli, Narciso
Biagio Pizzuti, Lesbo
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