Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens

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Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens 6 February 2013 / 19:30 Hall
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A selection of arias from the great queen roles in Baroque Opera Cesti ‘Intorno all'idol mio’ from Orontea Scarlatti Sinfonia from Tolomeo ed Alessandro Monteverdi ‘Disprezzata regina’ from L’Incoronazione di Poppea Giacomelli ‘Sposa, son disprezzata’ from Merope Vivaldi Concerto for violin and strings RV 242 “per Pisendel” Orlandini ‘Da torbida procella’ from Berenice Hasse ‘Morte col fiero aspetto’ from Antonio e Cleopatra Handel ‘Piangerò la sorte mia’ from Giulio Cesare Handel Passacaglia from Radamisto Porta ‘Madre diletta, abbracciami’ from Ifigenia in Aulide Gluck Ballet music from Armide Handel ‘Brilla nell'alma’ from Alessandro Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Il Complesso Barocco Dmitry Sinkovsky violin/director Alan Curtis artistic consultant Joyce DiDonato has assumed a regal status among mezzos for her musical brilliance, dramatic presence and disarming warmth of personality on stage and off. Here she dons the crown to portray some of opera’s greatest queens. Troubled, assertive, powerful and vulnerable, these are character portraits by some of the most evocative composers in history including Monteverdi, Handel, Haydn and Gluck. DiDonato is joined on the Barbican stage by her friends and regular collaborators the ensemble Il Complesso Barocco, consistent purveyors of Baroque refinement and style. Running time TBC Listen to Joyce chat to Warwick Thompson about the extreme emotions on display in her forthcoming concert at the Barbican. RSVP to this event on Facebook here! ‘this vivacious soprano, a natural stage animal, drew her audience in with her musical generosity, intelligence and esprit." The Guardian Find out more on Joyce's Official Website. Part of All classical music events - 2012–2013 season Part of Barbican Productions 2012–2013 Produced by the Barbican