A Journey Through Venice
A Journey Through Venice: Songs by Fauré, Hahn and Head, Arias by Rossini and Handel
2006| Wigmore Hall Live
Joyce DiDonato (soprano)
About
Joyce DiDonato consistently earns ecstatic reviews wherever she sings. Among the world’s most charismatic performers, honours bestowed upon Joyce DiDonato include the Met’s Beverly Sills Award, the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year, the Richard Tucker Award – given to a single American singer annually, second place in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, and prizes from the George London Foundation, the ARIA Award Foundation and the Sullivan Foundation.
A favourite with Wigmore Hall audiences, Joyce DiDonato opened the 2008/9 season with a programme which included a selection of songs by Fauré, Head and Hahn, and arias by Rossini and Handel.
Track Listing
Rossini: Anzoleta Avanti Li Regata
Rossini: Anzoleta co’ passa la regata
Rossini: Anzoleta dopo la regata
Head: The Gondolier
Head: St. Mark’s Square
Head: Rainstorm
Fauré: Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine)
Fauré: En Sourdine
Fauré: Green
Fauré: À Clymène