The Program

Haydn: Scena di Berenice
Rossini: "Assisa appiè d'un salice" (Otello)
Rossini: L'invito (Bolero)
Rossini: La Partenza (Canzonetta)
Rossini: "Le Dodo des enfants"
Rossini: "La Chanson de Zora"
Chaminade: "Viens, mon bien-aimé"
Chaminade: "Sur la plage"
Chaminade: "Villanelle"
Chaminade: "Rêve d'un soir"
Chaminade: "L'été"
Hahn: "Sopra l'acque indormenzada"
Hahn: "La Barcheta"
Hahn: "L'avertimento"
Hahn: "Che peca"
Hahn: "La primavera"
Italian Songs TBA

Pre-concert Lecture at 6:45 pm by Cori Ellison

The Artists

Called "the flame-toned American mezzo" by Britain's Daily Telegraph, Joyce DiDonato is among the world's most enchanting performers and the winner of many honors including the Metropolitan Opera's Beverly Sills Award.  Born and educated in Kansas, she was a member of the young artist programs of the San Francisco, Houston Grand, and Santa Fe Opera companies after graduate studies at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts.  After beginning her career in the U.S., Ms. DiDonato quickly developed a growing and enthusiastic worldwide following in opera, concert and recital. In addition to appearing on the world's major opera stages – in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Chicago, Geneva, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Tokyo, to which she adds Vienna and Berlin this season – she has given recitals and concerts at Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and Carnegie Hall.  Her recent recordings include Rossini: La Cenerentola and Colbran, The Muse.  For more information on Joyce DiDonato visit www.joycedidonato.com.