Camille Claudel: Into the Fire Performed by Joyce DiDonato with the Brentano Quartet @artinstitutechi
Camille Claudel: Into the Fire Performed by Joyce DiDonato with the Brentano Quartet @artinstitutechi
Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Enjoy a special recording of Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato singing composer Jake Heggie’s Camille Claudel: Into the Fire. Performed in the galleries of the major retrospective Camille Claudel with the Brentano Quartet, this dramatic song cycle offers a unique portal into the artist’s world.

00:00 - Introduction
00:18 - Prelude: Awakening
01:59- Rodin
06:27 - La Valse
11:23 - Shakuntala
16:45 - La Petite Chatelaine
21:34 - The Gossips
26:12 - L'age Mur
29:20 - Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claudel, Montdevergues Asylum, 1929
34:11 - Credits
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Camille Claudel: Into the Fire Performed by Joyce DiDonato with the Brentano Quartet

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