Joyce DiDonato is the American
opera singer par excellence. Onstage or off, there are few people in opera who
radiate this Kansas native's degree of natural goodness and warmth. For all
these qualities, however, the intensity, fury, and abandon of roles such as
Donizetti's Maria Stuarda are well within her emotional range, as she proved at
Houston Grand Opera last season. This season she performs a recital program
called "Drama Queens," featuring Baroque arias sung by royal
characters (recorded by Virgin Records). Operatic appearances include a reprise
of the title role in Maria Stuarda at the Metropolitan Opera, Romeo in
Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Munich and Kansas City, Elena in
Rossini's La donna del lago in Santa Fe, and the title role in Cendrillon
in Barcelona.
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