NEW YORK – While much of the globe is focused on the Paris Olympics, a movie filmed from ancient Olympia starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato premiered this week that uses music to spark ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and string trio Time for Three perform "Emily - No Prisoner Be," presented by Cal Performances on ...

NEW YORK – It seems all but unthinkable today: A major TV network hires a famous composer to write an original opera and broadcasts it live in prime time on Christmas Eve. But it was a different world ...

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's 'Eden' makes its US debut in Kansas City. The Prairie Village, KS native's theatrical concert work, presented by the Harriman-Jewell series, makes its U.S. premiere at ...

Thanks to The Wizard of Oz, the state of Kansas will forever be known for its tornadoes. Another Kansas-born force of nature, the self-styled 'Yankee Diva' and multi-Grammy-winning opera singer Joyce ...

For years now I’ve wondered about the appeal of Frozen, the movie and, most recently, “the musical.” What is it about this piece that so galvanizes tween girls and 20-something gay guys—that is, ...

In today’s opera world, singers — even famous ones — can feel like cogs in a wheel. It’s not an uncommon scenario to have a young director with limited experience pontificating on what an opera means ...

With a generous grin and a disarming pixie cut, Joyce DiDonato, one of the opera’s reigning divas, pops out in front of a crowd of nervous eighth graders and starts ...

Scientists aren't the only professionals concerned about the health of the planet these days. Opera star Joyce DiDonato, on her new album Eden, proposes that Mother Nature has a lot to teach us, if we ...

When opera star Joyce DiDonato told us she wanted to sing centuries-old Italian love songs at the Tiny Desk we weren't surprised. But when she said she was bringing a jazz band to back her up, we did ...

Joyce DiDonato transformed 90 minutes into a splendid showcase of her nontraditional musical tastes for the latest Met Stars Live concert. Joyce DiDonato performing as part of the Met Stars Live in ...

Anyone who approached Joyce DiDonato's performance of "Emily - No Prisoner Be" expecting a conventional song cycle recital was quickly and powerfully disabused. Yes, the typical framework was there.