Something old, something new: Joyce DiDonato at the Barbican

By Kevin W Ng, 27 October 2021

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“filling the hall with spitfire coloratura and dazzling trills”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 26 October 2021

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

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder

Hasse, Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte, col fiero aspetto

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

Berlioz, Les Troyens: Ah! Ah! Je vais mourir! … Adieu, fière cité

Giordani, Caro mio ben

Parisotti, Se tu m'ami

Ellington, Solitude (arr. Craig Terry)

Louiguy, La Vie en rose (arr. Craig Terry)

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano

Craig Terry, Piano

En soledad: el viaje musical de Joyce DiDonato

Maria Sánchez, 10th January

La mezzosoprano norteamericana arranca 2021 con una gira española, presentando su trabajo recopilatorio In My Solitude, con el que triunfó en la noche de ayer en el Palau de la Música

****1

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.

*****

A bite of the Big Apple: Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra in London

Dominic Lowe, 29th June

The Met's first European tour in 20 years makes it to London for an evening of Shakespeare and Berlioz.

****1

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Kevin W Ng

Kevin writes about music and culture, with a focus on opera. Originally trained as a violinist, he has a particular interest in 20th-century music. He is currently based in New York City.

Something old, something new: Joyce DiDonato and Craig Terry at the Barbican