Dashed hopes Dashed hopes

Joyce DiDonato makes the most of Kevin Puts‘s trite new Emily Dickinson monodrama.

Good trouble Good trouble

Nobody emotes like Joyce DiDonato, and this week Parterre Box spotlights her new recording of Dido and Aeneas with a look at a recent live performance in the part.

Carthago DiDonato est Carthago DiDonato est

For our first review in a new series, we turn to the new recording of Dido and Aeneas featuring Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres and Maxim Emelyanychev leading Il Pomo d’Oro.