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Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato

Acting

Born: February 13, 1969

In all her endeavors, both on and off the stage, Joyce DiDonato engages audiences through her energy, imagination, and commitment to her art form. Through these qualities, and with a constantly questing spirit, she has nurtured the vocal, musical and dramatic talents that have taken her to the pinnacle of her profession as a performer. Equally, they serve her as an eloquent and formidable advocate for the transformative power of the arts as she takes music far beyond the world’s great stages – to educational institutions, refugee camps, and maximum-security prisons. “Music heals,” she has said, “and it can fire people up with purpose and courage to change the world.” The winner of multiple Grammys and the 2018 Olivier Award, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato is, in the words of the New Yorker, “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation”, her voice having been described by The Times as “nothing less than 24-carat gold”. For all its beauty and agility, its true impact lies in Joyce’s capacity to illuminate character and meaning through nuances of colour and phrasing and her unfailingly communicative way with the text.

Known For
Filmography
The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

Sister Helen Prejean

2023
Theodora

Theodora

Irene

2023
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

Virginia Woolf

2022
The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

2022

Met Stars: Joyce DiDonato

2020
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

Self

2020
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

Agrippina

2020
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

Self - Host

2019
Massenet: Cendrillon

Massenet: Cendrillon

Lucette/Cendrillon

2018
In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music

In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music

2018
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Self

2018
New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic

New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic

Herself

2018
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017

Mezzo-soprano

2017
Maria by Callas

Maria by Callas

Self - Narrator / Voice of María Callas (voice)

2017
The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

Adalgisa

2017
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Dido

2017
Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

Semiramide

2017
The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

Herself - Host

2016
Massenet: Werther

Massenet: Werther

Charlotte

2016
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Romeo

2016
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Romeo

2015
Rossini: La Donna del Lago

Rossini: La Donna del Lago

Elena

2015
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Self - Host

2015
Bizet: Carmen

Bizet: Carmen

Self - Host

2014
I Capuleti e i Montecchi

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Romeo

2014
The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

Angelina

2014
The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

Mary Stuart

2013
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Self - Host

2013
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

Sycorax

2012
Verdi: Ernani

Verdi: Ernani

Self - Host

2012
Gounod: Faust

Gounod: Faust

Self - Host

2011
Cendrillon

Cendrillon

Cendrillon / Lucette

2011
Le comte Ory

Le comte Ory

Isolier (breeches role)

2011
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

Self (archive footage)

2010

Cenerentola

Angelina

2009
The Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville

Rosina

2009
Händel - Der Film

Händel - Der Film

Francesca Cuzzoni

2009
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Self - Host

2009
Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

Donna Elvira

2008
Rossini La Cenerentola

Rossini La Cenerentola

Angelina

2008
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rosina

2007
Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris -  Mass In B Minor

Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris - Mass In B Minor

2007
Hercules - Handel

Hercules - Handel

2004
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2002