Camille Claudel: Into the Fire Performed by Joyce DiDonato with the Brentano Quartet

Enjoy a special recording of Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato singing composer Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire. Performed in the galleries of the major retrospective Camille Claudel with the Brentano Quartet, this dramatic song cycle offers a unique portal into the artist’s world.
00:00 - Introduction
00:18 - Prelude: Awakening
01:59- Rodin
06:27 - La Valse
11:23 - Shakuntala
16:45 - La Petite Chatelaine
21:34 - The Gossips
26:12 - L'age Mur
29:20 - Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues Asylum, 1929
34:11 - Credits