Rossini: La Donna Del Lago

1. La Donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake, Opera in 2 Acts)

Joyce DiDonato is closely identified with the title role in Rossini’s La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake), having starred as the 16th century Scots maiden in London, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Santa Fe and, in 2015, in New York.

She was joined in Paul Curran’s atmospheric production at the Metropolitan Opera by a spectacular cast that included Juan Diego Flórez – the king of bel canto tenors – as the disguised King of Scotland. Opera magazine praised DiDonato’s “captivating combination of disarming gracefulness and pyrotechnical skill”, while the New York Observer stated that “… perfection [is] Juan Diego Flórez’s trademark.”