FRAMES Photography Podcast with Joyce DiDonato

In today’s episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Joyce DiDonato, who, alongside her distinguished career as a Grammy‑winning mezzo‑soprano, curates a richly expressive photo gallery—featuring portraits, backstage scenes, travel snapshots, masterclass moments, and editorial‑style visual storytelling drawn from her artistic journey.

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Multi-Grammy Award winner and 2018 Olivier Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Kansas-born Joyce DiDonato entrances audiences across the globe, and has been proclaimed “perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation” by The New Yorker. With a voice “nothing less than 24-carat gold” according to The Times, Joyce has towered at the top of the industry both as a performer, a producer, and a fierce advocate for the arts. With a repertoire spanning over four centuries, a varied and highly acclaimed discography, and industry-leading projects, her artistry has defined what it is to be a singer in the 21st century.

Joyce’s distinctively varied 2024-25 season includes a return to Teatro Real Madrid for Handel’s Theodora, a European recital tour with Craig Terry featuring performances at Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Athens Megaron, and Palau de la Música de València. In concert, Joyce continues her celebrated musical partnership with Yannick Nezet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and makes her debut with The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. In December 2024, Joyce joins forces with Dallas-based acapella group ‘Kings Return’ for a festive tour around the USA. An intensive residency with the Dortmund Konzerthaus in the spring features the world premiere of a new song cycle by Rachel Portman, as well as her concert debut in Handel’s Jephtha. To end the season, Joyce premieres a highly anticipated new work by Kevin Puts for the Bregenz Festival. Written for Joyce and the Grammy Award-winning string trio, ‘TimeForThree’, it features the poetry of Emily Dickinson.

Recent highlights include opening The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season performing her signature role of Sister Helen in a new production of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, and returning later in the season to revive her critically acclaimed “Virginia Woolf” in Kevin Puts’ The Hours. She toured Dido & Aeneas with Il Pomo d’Oro, and her groundbreaking EDEN Tour and the Grammy Award Winning SONGPLAY took her to around Asia, South America, and Europe.