Piotr is incredible, and Joyce, well her/your voice is simply other-worldly. Phenomenal. Stunning.

Ms. DiDonato is the most caring, compassionate, kind, and generous artist in the opera world today. Thank you for the gift. Sending heartfelt thanks from Virginia!

Piotr and Joyce are wonderful

This. This is why I became a singer. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful performance. No frills, just love and music. This is what our messed up world needs. Thank you so much for sharing. Please, do this again! Stay well!

How kind of you to do this. I shall always remember. Thank you. San Francisco here.

Bravi Beczala & DiDonato, what a treat ❤️

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this precious gift !!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

What a gift to the opera loving world. We had tickets but I am sure they will now be a souvenir. Not only did all of you do Massenet proud, but you brought tears of heartbreak to me and so many others through your glorious interpretation. Thank you Ms DiDonato, and Mr. Beczala for bringing the characters to life, and thank you to Mr. Watkins and Mr. Ceysson for adding the atmosphere through your beautiful playing.

I just posted this on my Facebook page: “ Right now the Metropolitan Opera would have been giving the world Massenet’s Werther and with Piotr Bezcala and Joyce Didonato at the helm it would have been The Werther of our generation. Those two singers, currently the best of the best artists of opera and flush in their prime, are my heros today because they snatched up the closest harpist and pianist (Ceysson and Watkins waaaa?...well, yeah!) and recorded excerpts from, like, their kitchen or something. This is caring, this is giving and this means the world to hear today.”

Brilliantly creative and generous!

Absolutely a gift! Thank you all!

Thank you both so much - I love it! Thanks to Howard and Emmanuel as well. God Bless...

This is an actual service to the whole comunity. Thank you so much!

Bravo from Moscow!

Listening from Adelaide South Australia. Our Festival of Arts finished on March 15, mostly unscathed due to our relative geographic isolation compared to the USA or even our own east coast. Brett Dean, conductor missed out on his concerts and was quarantined in the Royal Adelaide Hospital . Said isolation was the preferred state for conductors! We are shutting down gradually. My March 31 Pärt, Shostakovich concert with double violin concerto cancelled . Like many I haven't asked for a refund. Difficult times ahead when No performance means no money. Really enjoying the little concert from Joyce's apartment. Not HD obviously but sound surprisingly good and No streaming breaks so far THANKYOUX1000

As always artists lead the way. Compassion, resilience, improvisation, intelligence. And beauty. Merde Indeed.

I showed up to sing Sophie and kept knocking on the door but no one answered. You guys did a great job without me though. Truly gorgeous singing. Thank you!

Coming upon this today after not knowing how to stream your new live You Tube session. I, thank you for the gifts you share of voice, of understanding of art, of the most real expression of the human condition as found in the singing voice! Merci ! Merci!

Words cannot express my gratitude to you all for this gift! You are all brilliant and amazing! Thank you SO much! This warms my heart!!!

Absolutely beautiful

Thank you, Joyce & Piotr, for sharing this gift with us. Truly resourceful, and important, during this time when it is so hard to connect with others. (Also, I had tickets to see Werther, so I am particularly appreciative for the opportunity to have a glimpse (well, a long glimpse!))

magnifique merci pour ce partage

I was fortunate to see the working rehearsal at the Met on 11 March, though my ticket for the actual performance was for 23 March which, of course, didn't take place. Thanks for this personal performance shared with the world.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Loved the live stream on Sunday, absolutely thrilled to hear and see you again on Monday and to tag my friends so they can watch, too

Magnificent and such a gift to us at this moment in our lives. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much!!! Magnificent!!

That was really cool. It was like your were in my Living Room, not the other way around. That was so sweet! I think they should just make you a saint now -- forget that dying stuff and all the paper work. St. Joyce -- patron saint of mezzo-sopranos. Might as well enjoy it now. Hope your neighbors did not mind!!

Terrific singing, had never heard Piotr Beczala before but wow. Thanks for the concert!

thank you for sharing with us.

This was such a treat! Love you all!

This was a lovely gesture from the very beginning of the pandemic. Everybody assumed it would be sorted out in a few months. Now it’s a video I return to quite often. Missing live opera...

This is brilliant! Thank you for everything you do!

I love your channel and your wonderful ideas, like finding a way to bring excerpts of this opera to our homes :-) thank you! Donation done! I also find your vlog-style videos very inspiring and full of good ideas.

Merci pour cette belle initiative. L'opéra est plus fort que le coronavirus.

Thanks again for these excerpts from Werther, MERCI MERCI MERCI pour cette initiative

Thank you, thank you!!! Bravo!!👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍

I wish I had her as my neighbor instead of the people who live here now... just hang out, listen to her rehearse all the time, and talk about music. I could think of worse things lol I would also like to add that this only having about 5,000 views is a crime against humanity...

Merci merci merci !!!!!!!!!!

Do I see Teatro Colón on your wall? I love you! Such an inspiration :)

Beispiel dafür, dass das Wesentliche von Oper nicht das große Haus, das große Orchester, das Bühnenbild ist, sondern der Kontakt der singenden Menschen. Übrigens hat Peter Brook das gezeigt mit Carmen, Pelleas et Melisande und der Zauberflöte, immer aufs Kleine bearbeitete Musik. Ja und wer Joyce di Donatos Master Classes gesehen hat, weiß, worauf es ihr ankommt. Und Beczala ist zur Zeit einer der weltbesten Tenöre...

thank you for the video!!! :)

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you have not the distance of two meters. That we have to keep now in Germany. Good luck for these difficult days.

Everyone who viewed this needs to share it. less than 500 views is a travesty toss the link on your facebook and other social media If you know someone is stuck inside message them the link directly

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Joyce @ 1:23:22 😫💦 “Yeah that was really fun!”.😂

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Yoann bidoya Il y a une sonorité désagréable mais je ne pense pas que le son soit réduit et parait même amplifié. Je vous conseille d'écouter cet enregistrement avec georges thill et ninon vallon, et plus près de nous avec albert Lance et rita gorr. Vous entendrez alors autre chose. Je ne préjuge pas du talent des deux interpretes de cet enregistrement contraint mais je reste un peu sur ma faim, sachant que j 'apprécie Joyce di donato dont la réputation n'est plus à faire . Salutations.

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