Lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was born in Prairie Village,
Kansas on February 13, 1969. She studied vocal music education in Kansas at the
Wichita State University before continuing her formal musical education at the
Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From there, she was
accepted onto the Apprentice Singer program at Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico
where she was honored as one of the outstanding apprentices of that season. Her
professional career began in 1998 when she sang with several regional opera
companies in the United States including the Ho...