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Joyce DiDonato

Eden

— ,Barbican Hall
Joyce DiDonato in a blue floaty top with her arms above her head, with red face paint on her temple and the sides of her face

Joyce DiDonato explores the majesty, might and mystery of nature, contemplating our place on this planet through the magic of theatre and the transformative power of music.

Eden picks up where DiDonato’s last project In War and Peace left off, bringing together timeless opera arias, new contemporary works, poetry and drama with DiDonato’s incredible voice and powerful stage presence in search of the restorative balance of nature. And she has the perfect partners to accompany her on this journey in Italian Baroque ensemble il Pomo d’Oro and Music Director Maxim Emelyanychev, looking to build on a fruitful creative partnership that has already garnered multiple GRAMMY nominations.

‘In a world that is bustling at full speed, I find myself searching more and more for the nourishing solitude of nature. The force that we dare call “Mother Nature” never fails to reclaim Her dominance, to illuminate Her mystery or to humble us at Her feet, all while lavishing on us Her wondrous gift of life. This search leads here..’

Tagged with: Classical music Classical Music Multibuy - Jan-Jul 2022 Barbican Presents

These performances will finish at approximately 8.50pm, with no interval.

Produced by the Barbican

Programme

  • Charles Ives   The Unanswered Question
  • Rachel Portman   The First Morning of the World (UK premiere*)
  • Gustav Mahler   ‘Ich atmet einen linden Duft!’ from Rückert-Lieder
  • Biagio Marini   ‘Con le Stelle in Ciel che mai’ from Scherzi e canzonette
  • Josef Mysliveček   ‘Toglierò le sponde al Mare’ from Adamo ed Eva
  • Aaron Copland   ‘Nature, the Gentlest Mother’ from Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
  • Giovanni Valentini   Sonata enharmonica
  • Francesco Cavalli   ‘Piante ombrose’ from La Calisto
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck   'Danza degli spettri e delle furie: Allegro non troppo’ from Orfeo ed Euridice
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck   ‘Misera, dove son… Ah! non son io che parlo’ from Ezio
  • George Frideric Handel   ‘As with rosy steps the morn’ from Theodora
  • Gustav Mahler   'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen’ from Rückert-Lieder
  • Richard Wagner   'Schmerzen’ from Wesendonck Lieder
  • George Frideric Handel   'Frondi tenere e belle… Ombra mai fù’ from Serse

*Commissioned by University Musical Society of the University of Michigan; the Harriman-Jewell Series, Kansas City; Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation; and Cal Performances at University of California, Berkeley

Performers

  • Maxim Emelyanychev   conductor
  • Joyce DiDonato   executive producer and mezzo-soprano
  • Manuel Palazzo   actor
  • Marie Lambert-Le Bihan   stage director
  • John Torres   lighting designer

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