Jonathan Spencer Jones

‘Into the Light’ – Joyce DiDonato brings music to Buenos Aires

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ArgentinaArgentina Purcell, Handel, Rossini, Wagner, Piaf, Hart: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) accompanied by Craig Terry (piano). For Mozarteum Argentino at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 6.12.2021. (JSJ)

Joyce DiDonato in ‘Into the Light’ with Craig Terry (piano) (c) Liliana Morsia

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Opera and more in Buenos Aires during 2020

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Opera Buenos Aires 2020 – An interesting line up, including new Ring cycle 

After a largely traditional season in 2019, the Teatro Colón’s programme for 2020 is varied and interesting with much to look forward to.

Despite the difficult economic conditions and major political changes, a regular feature of Argentine life that much of the populace and organisations generally appear to navigate without sinking, the season continues at the current level by number, with eight operas (one in concert), three chamber operas, three works in the choral symphony series and some noteworthy new names in the ‘great international interpreter’ series.

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Joyce DiDonato’s ‘In War and Peace’ is apt for Buenos Aires

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ArgentinaArgentina Händel, Leo, Cavalieri, Purcell, Gesualdo, Pärt: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d´Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), for Mozarteum Argentino at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 30.10.2019. (JSJ)

Joyce DiDonato’s ‘In War and Peace’ (c) Liliana Morsia

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