Interview
Joyce DiDonato in conversation with Noah Bendix-Balgley 2017 New Year’s Eve Concert with Simon Rattle and Joyce DiDonato
With her flexible, slender but darkly timbred mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato has already delighted audiences at the Philharmonie on several occasions. Now she is the star guest at Sir Simon Rattle’s side during the New Year’s Eve Concert, singing Richard Strauss’s lavishly beautiful orchestral songs. The programme also includes works by Dvořák, Stravinsky, Bernstein and Shostakovich – full of virtuosity, gracefulness and humour.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Joyce DiDonato
© 2017 EuroArts Music International
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