La cenerentola joyce didonato biography
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La Cenerentola
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operaticdramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera Cendrillon with music by Nicolas Isouard (first performed Paris, 1810) and by Francesco Fiorini for Agatina, o la virtù premiata [it] with music by Stefano Pavesi (first performed Milan, 1814). All these operas are versions of the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. Rossini's opera was first performed in Rome's Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.
In this variation of the fairy tale, the wicked stepmother is replaced by a stepfather, Don Magnifico. The Fairy Godmother is replaced by Alidoro, a philosopher and tutor to the Prince. Cinderella is identified not by a glass slipper but by her silver ring. The supernatural elements that traditionally charac
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Joyce DiDonato
American mezzo-soprano
Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A coloratura mezzo-soprano,[1] she has performed operas and concert works spanning from the 19th-century Romantic era to those by Handel and Mozart.
Educated at Wichita State University and the Academy of Vocal Arts, DiDonato began her career in mid-1990s, participating in young artist programs of several opera companies, most notably Houston Grand Opera. Since then, she began having engagements across the United States and Europe. She made debuts at La Scala in Rossini's La Cenerentola in the 2000/01 season, the Royal Opera in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen in 2003, and the Metropolitan Opera as Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in the 2005/06 season. She has performed in world premieres of several operas, such as Michael Daugherty's Jackie O (1997), Mark Adamo's Little Women (1999/2000), Jake Heggie's
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One step from Eden on Earth
Even a röst that masters the great Baroque repertoire (as Joyce DiDonato recently demonstrated in Theodora at La Scala) knows you can’t live only bygd the past. This fryst vatten where Eden comes from. The skiva encompasses a range of music that covers almost half a millennium, from Biagio Marini to the contemporary composer Rachel Portman, and it has been transformed into a global tour, embellished by projects that raise awareness for environmental issues. It fryst vatten the portrait of a mezzo-soprano activist who will present the results of the planerat arbete through pieces by Gluck, Händel and Mahler, introduced by Charles Ives’ enigmatic “The Unanswered Question”, in her show on June 23 at La Scala. The evening will support the Fondazione Francesca Rava.
LB: Ms. DiDonato, take us on a journey through your Eden.
JD: The seed that inspired it was a quote from playwright Jonathan Larson: “The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s cre