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.

By September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Guys who sing high (and others) Guys who sing high (and others)

A stack of noteworthy recent baroque vocal CDs on my desk has been staring at me for weeks, so I’m tackling them on Handel’s birthday before the Met roars back into action beginning this weekend.

By February 23, 2023 at 9:08 AM
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Mainly in the plain Mainly in the plain

I wonder why many New Yorkers have been led to believe that the only Handel conductor in the world is Harry Bicket.

By May 10, 2022 at 1:12 PM
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Making her garden grown Making her garden grown

Joyce DiDonato admits that she is “a problem solver, a dreamer, and—yes I’m a belligerent optimist.”

By April 25, 2022 at 11:59 AM
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Keep the Rome fires burning Keep the Rome fires burning

Handel’s biting Agrippina finally arrived at the Metropolitan Opera Thursday evening 310 years after its Venetian premiere.

By February 07, 2020 at 12:36 PM
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Roman holiday Roman holiday

A brace of Handel operas at the George Enescu International Festival.

By September 27, 2019 at 10:54 AM
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Let’s hear it for the boa Let’s hear it for the boa

What happens in Karlsruhe stays in Karlsruhe!

By February 26, 2019 at 11:42 AM
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Harmony of contrasts Harmony of contrasts

Joyce DiDonato’s atest album, In War & Peace: Harmony through music, is more specific than it sounds.

By December 01, 2016 at 8:45 AM
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Maxed out Maxed out

Might Max Emanuel Cencic be the countertenor for people who hate countertenors?

By November 23, 2015 at 2:18 PM
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