Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns to Berkeley with the Italian period-music ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro in a program of Baroque music performing Purcell’s tragic opera Dido and Aeneas and Carissimi’s deeply emotive oratorio Jephte in concert. DiDonato has triumphed in opera houses worldwide as the tragic Queen of Carthage in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, but it wasn’t until 2024 that she first performed Purcell’s opera in its entirety. A highlight of the evening will be her interpretation of Dido’s famed lament, “When I am laid in earth,” brought to life with these sensitive accompanists.
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Program Items
Carissimi
Jephte
Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
Performers
Joyce DiDonato
mezzo-soprano (Dido)
Nicholas Phan
tenor (Jephte and Aeneas)
Beth Taylor
mezzo-soprano (Sorceress)
Hugh Cutting
countertenor (Spirit)
Song Hee Lee
soprano (Belinda)
Jiayu Jin
soprano (Second Woman and Filia)
Massimo Altieri
tenor (Sailor)
Alena Dantcheva
soprano (First Sorceress)
Anna Piroli
soprano (Second Sorceress)