Joyce DiDonato Master Class | Thursday, October 10, 2024

Multi-Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns with her popular series of master classes for young opera singers. Across three events, she shares her extraordinary expertise with rising professional singers as they workshop and perform opera arias and more. Hear what these exceptional singers can do under the guidance of an artist called “a model of singing in which all components of the art form—technique, sound, color nuance, diction—come together in service to expression and eloquence” (The New York Times). Performers Bridget Esler, Soprano Michelle Mariposa, Mezzo-Soprano Ben Reisinger, Tenor Robert Ellsworth Feng, Bass Joel Harder, Piano Justina Lee, Piano Program 0:00:00: Introduction 0:03:20: WEILL “Let things be like they always was” from “Street Scene” 0:34:26: ROSSINI “Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento” from “Semiramide” 1:09:58: MOZART “Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden” from “Die Zauberflöte” 1:29:27: “Addio fiorito asil” from “Madama Butterfly” 1:53:39: Q&A Joyce DiDonato appears courtesy of Warner Classics