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A little less than a year after this moment, captured at Carnegie Hall, the great mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato received yet another Grammy nomination for 2017 Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for : "In War & Peace".

It's a moving, daring work that lovingly conceived by this multi-Grammy award winner, with a mission and message that's more timely than ever. If you were fortunate enough to see Joyce, the dancer Manuel Palazzo and the orchestra Il Pomo D'Oro perform together, then you know why this nomination is so well deserved. Music does indeed, have the power to create change.

Joyce created her makeup ('War' for Act I, 'Peace' for Act 2) every night, with her own hands, in the pressurized rush between acts. The makeup itself, was a work of art.

Congratulations to an artist with a heart as enormous as her talent! Here's a link to one of the gorgeous singles from the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJTmpt43hg

Joyce is currently on tour in Europe. Catch her anytime you can. www.JoyceDiDonato.com to learn more. 

Photo © Kimberly Wang / eardog.com

[russumalu]

ReJoyce!

From Euronews interview: https://youtu.be/a1fOcNJWR5M

[nyphil]

It's show time, London 🇬🇧! International opera star @joycedidonato touches up before taking the stage for Ravel’s “Shéhérazade” in a bespoke @viviennewestwoodofficial gown. #yankeediva #ravel #chrisleephoto

[fishandfock-blog]

I’m fascinated at how great composers and librettists have been able to capture on stage the wonderment of how swiftly one’s real life can change. While one takes place in a fabricated space, is (often) rehearsed vigorously, and plays out under bright lights in front of thousands of strangers, the other can hit you with one swift, solitary blow, singularly and privately, as the rest of the world simply marches on around you.

Joyce DiDonato on Art and Life