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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Kansas City's Own Joyce DiDonato in Today's NYT


Brilliant, as ever and always.

Opera's Miss Congeniality Takes On 

a Rare 'Cinderella'



Opera is “the opposite of elitist,” says the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, who stars in Massenet’s “Cendrillon” at the Metropolitan Opera this month. Credit: Vincent Tullo for The New York Times


One thing I found amusing in the article is where it describes the opera singer and star as, not coming from Prairie Village, Kansas but "...on the edge of Kansas City."

In fact, I found that pretty hilarious.