Joyce DiDonato | Classical review

Wigmore Hall, LondonThis American mezzo has developed a sufficient following to offer her Wigmore programme twice. It's a well-planned affair, consisting entirely of Italian songs almost entirely by Italian composers. Odd man out is Beethoven, who penned a handful of settings of classic texts, mainly by Metastasio, ­perhaps when he was learning from the venerable Salieri how to set Italian.The results, however Mozartian in approach, are nevertheless worthwhile miniatures – and as with ...

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