"When we are in the middle of chaos - how can we find peace? " Joyce DiDonato poses this question in the commentary to her new album - and answers it with baroque arias from Monteverdi to Handel. With In War and Peace, she shows the surprising proximity of this music to our time and thus also reveals a little of the secret of the current baroque boom, which DiDonato herself helped to spark. The album is a discographic milestone in the year of her eagerly awaited cinema debut: the documentary The Florence Foster Jenkins Story about the legendary 'worst singer in the world' will premiere in November.
'It is art that unites, that crosses borders, that connects the divided. Music is the brave man's path to peace', says Joyce DiDonato about her new album with famous arias, but also world premiere recordings. Cleopatra, Rina-do, Caesar, Dido: these and other heroines and heroes stand for the search for peace in the midst of times of chaos. The fact that these moments of baroque opera still strike a chord today is partly due to the emotional power of this music and partly due to the singer's captivating interpretation, who once again works with her long-standing partner orchestra Il Pomo d' Oro.
"When we are in the midst of chaos - how can we find peace? "Joyce DiDonato will also ask her fans this question and publish the answers on her website.

Händel: Arien aus Jephta, Giulio Cesare, Agrippina, Rinaldo, Susanna
+Leo: Arie aus Andromaca
+Purcell: Arien aus The Indian Queen, Dido and Aeneas, Bonduca
+Jomelli: Arie aus Attilio Regolo
+Monteverdi: Arie aus Ulisse