Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato

Acting
Born 1969-02-13

Biography

In all her endeavors, both on and off the stage, Joyce DiDonato engages audiences through her energy, imagination, and commitment to her art form. Through these qualities, and with a constantly questing spirit, she has nurtured the vocal, musical and dramatic talents that have taken her to the pinnacle of her profession as a performer. Equally, they serve her as an eloquent and formidable advocate for the transformative power of the arts as she takes music far beyond the world’s great stages – to educational institutions, refugee camps, and maximum-security prisons. “Music heals,” she has said, “and it can fire people up with purpose and courage to change the world.” The winner of multiple Grammys and the 2018 Olivier Award, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato is, in the words of the New Yorker, “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation”, her voice having been described by The Times as “nothing less than 24-carat gold”. For all its beauty and agility, its true impact lies in Joyce’s capacity to illuminate character and meaning through nuances of colour and phrasing and her unfailingly communicative way with the text.

Movies (47)

Bizet: Carmen

Bizet: Carmen

2014Movie
Massenet: Cendrillon

Massenet: Cendrillon

2018Movie
I Capuleti e i Montecchi

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

2015Movie
Maria by Callas
7.3

Maria by Callas

2017Movie7.3
Cendrillon - Royal Oper House

Cendrillon - Royal Oper House

2011Movie
Theodora

Theodora

2023Movie
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
7.8

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018Movie7.8
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
7.8

Rossini: La Donna del Lago

2015Movie7.8
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
5.0

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

2015Movie5.0
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
7.0

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

2016Movie7.0
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

2013Movie
The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
5.6

The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

2016Movie5.6
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
10.0

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

2014Movie10.0
Verdi: Ernani

Verdi: Ernani

2012Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola
8.0

The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

2014Movie8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

2022Movie
New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic

New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic

2018Movie
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
9.0

Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

2020Movie9.0
Met Stars: Joyce DiDonato

Met Stars: Joyce DiDonato

2020Movie
Händel - Der Film

Händel - Der Film

2009Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
9.0

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

2019Movie9.0
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

2017Movie
Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

2008Movie
Don Giovanni
9.0

Don Giovanni

2008Movie9.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

2022Movie
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

2010Movie
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

2009Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

2017Movie
Le comte Ory
10.0

Le comte Ory

2011Movie10.0
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

2012Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
6.5

The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

2023Movie6.5
Massenet: Werther

Massenet: Werther

2016Movie
Hercules - Handel

Hercules - Handel

2004Movie
Rossini La Cenerentola

Rossini La Cenerentola

2008Movie
The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

2013Movie
Gounod: Faust

Gounod: Faust

2011Movie
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
9.0

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2007Movie9.0
The Barber of Seville
4.3

The Barber of Seville

2009Movie4.3
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

2016Movie
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
7.0

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017

2017Movie7.0
Cenerentola
10.0

Cenerentola

2009Movie10.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

2020Movie
In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music
8.0

In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music

2018Movie8.0
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
9.0

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2002Movie9.0
Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

2017Movie
Eden – Joyce DiDonato singt in Olympia

Eden – Joyce DiDonato singt in Olympia

Movie
Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris - Mass In B Minor

Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris - Mass In B Minor

2007Movie

TV Shows (1)

Great Performances
6.1

Great Performances

1971Series6.1