Joyce DiDonato

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

February 13, 1969 (57 yrs)

total credits

43 movies

Biography

In all her endeavors, both on and off the stage, Joyce DiDonato engages audiences through her energy, imagination, and commitment to her art form. Through these qualities, and with a constantly questing spirit, she has nurtured the vocal, musical and dramatic talents that have taken her to the pinnacle of her profession as a performer. Equally, they serve her as an eloquent and formidable advocate for the transformative power of the arts as she takes music far beyond the world’s great stages – to educational institutions, refugee camps, and maximum-security prisons. “Music heals,” she has said, “and it can fire people up with purpose and courage to change the world.”

The winner of multiple Grammys and the 2018 Olivier Award, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato is, in the words of the New Yorker, “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation”, her voice having been described by The Times as “nothing less than 24-carat gold”. For all its beauty and agility, its true impact lies in Joyce’s capacity to illuminate character and meaning through nuances of colour and phrasing and her unfailingly communicative way with the text.

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Known For

Filmography

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Maria by Callas
7.3

Maria by Callas

2017as Self - Narrator / Voice of María Callas (voice)
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
5.0

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

2015as Self - Host
Massenet: Cendrillon

Massenet: Cendrillon

2018as Lucette/Cendrillon
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
7.9

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018as Self
Don Giovanni
9.0

Don Giovanni

2008as Donna Elvira
Bizet: Carmen

Bizet: Carmen

2014as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
9.0

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

2019as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours

2022as Virginia Woolf
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
7.8

Rossini: La Donna del Lago

2015as Elena
The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

The Metropolitan Opera: Norma

2017as Adalgisa
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

2013as Self - Host
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
10.0

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

2014as Romeo
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

2016as Herself - Host
Gounod: Faust

Gounod: Faust

2011as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
6.5

The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

2023as Sister Helen Prejean
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

2009as Self - Host
Verdi: Ernani

Verdi: Ernani

2012as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda

2013as Mary Stuart
In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music
8.0

In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music

2018
The Barber of Seville
4.2

The Barber of Seville

2009as Rosina
The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

2022
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

2017as Dido
Theodora

Theodora

2023as Irene
Massenet: Werther

Massenet: Werther

2016as Charlotte
Händel - Der Film

Händel - Der Film

2009as Francesca Cuzzoni
Rossini La Cenerentola

Rossini La Cenerentola

2008as Angelina
Cendrillon

Cendrillon

2011as Cendrillon / Lucette
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
9.0

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2007as Rosina
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
9.0

Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

2020as Self
Le comte Ory
10.0

Le comte Ory

2011as Isolier (breeches role)
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

2012as Sycorax
The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

The Blu-ray Experience II: Opera, Ballet & theatre

2010as Self (archive footage)
Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper

2017as Semiramide
The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola
8.0

The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

2014as Angelina
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

2015as Romeo
The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
5.6

The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

2016as Florence Foster Jenkins
New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic

New year's Eve Concert 2017: Berlin Philharmonic

2018as Herself
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
9.0

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2002
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

2020as Agrippina
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
7.0

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

2016as Romeo
Hercules - Handel

Hercules - Handel

2004
Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris -  Mass In B Minor

Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris - Mass In B Minor

2007
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
7.0

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017

2017as Mezzo-soprano