Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens
Virgin Classics 265425
Hasse: Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte col fiero aspetto (4:09)
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Piangerò la sorte mia (6:45)
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis
Joyce DiDonato offers a rich recital of opera arias from the 17th and 18th centuries. A parade of royal personages are portrayed in a diversity of challenging situations and extreme states of mind. “For me, this is my most exciting recording project to date,” says DiDonato, “because it is everything I deeply adore about the world of opera: high drama, profound emotion, fearless vocal writing, time-stopping passages, historical significance and real discovery.”
Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens,
