Joyce DiDonato - Una voce poco fa - LIVE Covent Garden

American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato singing Rosina's famous aria "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia". Radio broadcast on October 10, 2009, on BBC 3, from one of the Londonian performances in July, where she was singing from a wheelchair!

Cast:
Figaro ...... Pietro Spagnoli (baritone)
Count Almaviva ...... Juan Diego Florez (tenor)
Rosina ...... Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Dr Bartolo ...... Alessandro Corbelli (baritone)
Don Basilio ...... Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Berta ...... Jennifer Rhys-Davies (soprano)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Come on, people of the ROH, you HAVE to release a DVD of this production!

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[thecelticspirit]

@yayoyaro "a cramp in my foot" :-)

[papagena92]

@yayoyaro

Yes! In another part of the story, she says "E' un granchio al piede", bcs she pretends to have pains in her foot... And she shows her already broken leg!

[yayoyaro]

@papagena92 granchio al piede??????

[AminaBellini]

@thecelticspirit yes she is amazing!!! and very professional!!!!

[killerbunny123123]

wow.....she is undoubtedly one of the best mezzo in the world! I really like her variations! amazing

[papagena92]

"è un granchio al piede"... and she's sitting on a wheelchair!

Amazing, great, wow!!!!!!

[Glenmed]

I've never heard such an eruption. Brava! Brava! I felt the excitement here.

[tonyhan0903]

That is amazing.

[thecelticspirit]

Well, because she broke her leg during the premiere... And sang the whole part after that from a wheelchair. Isn't she amazing? :D

[tonyhan0903]

Why is Joyce sitting on the wheelchair?