
Joyce Di Donato has become closely identified with the title role in Rossiniâs La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake). She has starred as the 16th century Scots maiden in London, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Santa Fe &, early in 2015, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. There, as in several previous productions, her King James V (here known as Giacomo, but disguised under the name of Uberto) was the king of bel canto tenors, Juan Diego Flórez. He & Di Donato struck sparks off each other in th