Online the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato calls herself Yankee Diva, one hopes with tongue in cheek. (You can visit her at
yankeediva.blogspot.com.) While the characterization suggests some of her pluck and gumption, it leaves untouched her sensitivity, grace and kaleidoscopic sense of fantasy. The whole package came into play last July 4 in London, at the season premiere of Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Royal Opera House, when Ms. DiDonato slipped and fractured a fibula midway through the first act, grabbed a crutch and finished the show to a standing ovation.
more at the New York Times
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