Joyce DiDonato about Cendrillon... and French language

American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato talking about her upcoming engagement at the ROH as Cendrillon and how to sing in French... and sound French.

Full interview here (amongst others): http://www.operanews.com/operanews/templates/VideosAndAudios.aspx

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[asdfopera]

celtic, aren't you french...is joyce correct?

[thecelticspirit]

@asdfopera I am... for which specific part?

[LohengrinT]

-ah the photos are incredible from a costume design point of view - are these from her Cendrillon? anyone knows who has designed this production? (1:15) fabulous hairdo as well

-fabulous red boots

-I never imagined that French is so diffucult to sing in. I always though that the German consonants demanding the oral cavity to close all the time and to somehow interrupt the sound flow is much more difficult... this is soooo interesting

[thecelticspirit]

@LohengrinT It's the Pelly production, exactly the same than the one back in Santa Fe. Isn't it beautiful? Take the dress for example : it's black at the bottom and white at the top, with a decreasing grey between the two , as if to symbolize the raise of Cendrillon from ashes... to glitter

[LohengrinT]

@thecelticspirit

I thought it was the light that made it look that way I hadnt realized it was the actual color of the dress - yes it is fantastic - who was the costume designer?

[thecelticspirit]

@LohengrinT I think Pelly designs its own costumes - at least he did for La Fille

[operaticxingenue]

OMG I love her to bits. And she's so right about French and how difficult it is. >_<

[HM0880]

3:29 made me laugh so hard. XD Thanks for posting this and including the link; the other interviews look quite interesting as well.