“If ever there was a year built for the extreme drama of opera, it’s 2020!” says the scintillant mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato (pictured above, in Barcelona). Her recital in the Metropolitan Opera’s streaming series “Met Stars Live in Concert,” which she performs at the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, in Germany, on Sept. 12, swings from high tragedy to the depths of compassion, with pieces by Monteverdi, Berlioz, and Handel. It’s an expression, she says, of our longing “to find harmony within ourselves and our world.”
Tragedy and Compassion at the Opera
Joyce DiDonato’s performance in the Metropolitan Opera’s streaming series “Met Stars Live in Concert,” on Sept. 12, is well suited to our year of high drama.
