Joyce DiDonato mezzo soprano; David Zobel piano

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Joyce DiDonato and David Zobel at the Wigmore Hall: Recital on a theme of Venice

Julia Savage, 6th July

Venexia, Venise, Venedig: city of singing gondoliers, loved-up couples and pigeons. That was the picture painted last night at the sold-out recital by Joyce DiDonato and her accompanist David Zobel at the Wigmore Hall.

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