Joyce Di Donato - D'amore al dolce impero (Score Animation)

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Beautiful performance by mezzo soprano Joyce di Donato, showing secure low notes as well as secure top C's. From her new album "Colbran, The Muse".

Armida is the most difficult role written for Isabella Colbran, it requires a huge range of 2 and a half octaves, incredible coloratura skills and widely shifting tessitura. Since I did the score animation first with Callas who ornaments incredibly, I decided to do one with a performance closer to the score...of course Joyce ornaments as well ans quite wonderfully, but overall is closer to the score...I mean, the aria is pretty difficult as written!

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Music

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• joyce
• di
• donato
• armida
• rossini
• isabella
• colbran
• score
• animation
• soprano
• sfogato
• mezzo
• contralto
• diva
• assoluta

[bear46no]

A mystery why the Met didnt cast Di Donato in the part of Armida instead of La Flemming.

She has everything and it is sung in a personal way too.

[primohomme]

@bear46no

Renee did a fine job, it took some time to get the role back in her voice but by the time of the broadcast she was singing it very well. Her best was in 96 though.

[Lilith89ibz]

Amazing <3 And you did a great job! Thank you for posting :)

[jgdmol4l]

this is truly impressive. I do hope she will be cast in this role in the future...aside from the singing (which is spectacular) I really think she would do a great job with the characterization. Fleming has a great voice with a superbly beautiful tone and good agility but acting is most definitely not her strong point. For a recording that's acceptable but for the stage such monumental productions, especially in the future, should be reserved for those that can act as well as sing imho.

[OLIVCHEN77]

BRAVA, BRAVA e ANCORA BRAVA- THIS IS GREAT SINING, with Style, Rhytmic, wonderful accents-but I don like the Orchestra, its sounds like a "Rumpelkammer"

[leprincebeaumont]

Certo, rispetto alla Fleming attuale è un mostro di beavura, ma l'inteprete è gelida, la voce altrettanto, e le agilità sono paurosamente meccaniche. Eppoi stiamo parlando di un ruolo colbran, non può essere cinguettato da un mezzosoprano (?) che più chiaro non si può.

[ChristineFlora]

Perfection!!! Seems like Rossini wrote this one for her.

[joanabanyeres]

Beautiful woman, mezzo?

[bear46no]

@primohomme Perhaps u are right. I have the recording from 1993 on Sony and even though the voice is younger its dubious if she is realy suited to the part, many strange use of portamenti. but its only an opinion. In a way she has not so much to tell

[killerbunny123123]

MASTERPIECE.....a true masterpiece of rossini's genius and a great, clean, agile, skillful and powerful performance by Mrs. Joyce. Just.....great!

[LoganSrbin]

Just started to discover Ms. Di Donato and am absolutely smitten by this rendition-I adore Caballe's version but Di Donato is magnificent in her unique way.