Joyce DiDonato: Diva, Divo – review

(Virgin Classics)The American mezzo Joyce DiDonato is exceptional in many ways, not least in managing to produce a popular yet independent-minded recital disc with a point beyond self-publicity. Diva, Divo combines "trouser" roles with "skirt" arias from the same opera or story. So in versions of Cinderella by Massenet and Rossini, she sings both Prince Charming and the heroine. In Mozart's Figaro she switches from Susanna to Cherubino, and displays her ambidexterity both as Bellini's Romeo and ...

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