The Power of Song: Creation, Embodiment, Effect with Joyce DiDonato | Institute for Advanced Study

On Friday, May 3, 2024, world-renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returned to the Institute for Advanced Study for a second Director’s Conversation with Director and Leon Levy Professor David Nirenberg.
Their dialogue touched on topics ranging from female authors in opera to the future of the arts. They also discussed DiDonato’s recent visit to the site of ancient Olympia with her “Eden” project, where she created a film slated for release at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
As part of the Conversation, DiDonato conducted a master class with rising soprano Jeysla Rosario Santos and collaborative artist Justina Lee. The program concluded with an audience Q&A.
The clip of DiDonato performing the role of Sister Helen Prejean in the opera Dead Man Walking, which was screened during the Conversation and taken from an early rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera, can be viewed here: • Dead Man Walking: “He ...
Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ
May 3, 2024

[@Melissa0774]

I was at this event in person. I've been meaning to visit IAS for years, but this was the first time I finally got around to it. I hope they're going to have a lot more events like this. I was the one at the very end who asked her the question about recording yourself.

[@ОльгаК-ъ1г]

Thanks a lot for an unique conversation with great musician Missis Jouce D.

[@marianamirescu9570]

Spectacular! Brava, unique Joyce!❤

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