Joyce DiDonato sings In War and Peace: Harmony through Music

Synopsis

„In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?“, is one of the pressing topical questions that Joyce DiDonato asks in her powerful work In War & Piece – Harmony through Music. The Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano fashions an intense semi-theatricalized concert production, including works by George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell. Organizing a set of Baroque arias along thematic lines, DiDonato contemplates the interwoven worlds of external conflict and serenity, internal war and peace, and the challenges which they provide for every citizen of the world. Together with the period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro under Maxim Emelyanychev, the singer creates a dramatic atmosphere on the stage of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. In the music of Handel, DiDonato achieves a “purity that enhances the composer’s signature formula” (Washington Post).

Additional Info

• No: A935500200000
• Composer: Handel, Purcell, Jommelli, Monteverdi
• Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev
• Orchestra: Il Pomo d'Oro
• Artists: Joyce DiDonato
• Production year: 2017
• Run time: 01:41:00
• Producers: Camera Lucida and Askonas Holt, ARTE France, with the participation of MUSEEC/medici.tv and UNITEL, with the support of CNC
• Format: HDTV 16:9