New video: Diva Joyce sings out at gay bar

New video: Diva Joyce sings out at gay bar

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norman lebrecht

February 04, 2015

Joyce DiDonato took a few friends to the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the gay rights movement, to sing out against continuing prejudice. The song she chose was Dido’s Lament from Henry Purcell’s opera of doomed lovers. Watch.

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I’m thinking of Andrew Patner, tears in eyes, as I watch. Andrew spoke of prejudice he suffered at early stages in his creative life.  Joyce intends the video to honour the memory of Mark Carson, a gay man murdered nearby in a 2013 hate crime.

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