Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato
Architect Moshe Safdie’s extraordinary new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts provides the stunning backdrop for a performance-documentary that profiles the Grammy Award-winning Kansas City Symphony, their vibrant artistic director and conductor Michael Stern, and the radiant, celebrated mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. A concert wrapped by documentary narratives, this special tracks DiDonato’s nostalgic return to her hometown — and her thrilling Kauffman Center debut — after a triumphant appearance with Plácido Domingo at The Metropolitan Opera in New York.
“Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato” was made possible by:
David T. Beals III Charitable Trust
The Hall Family Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts
Merrill Lynch
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Producer/Writer: James Arntz KCPT Producer: Angee Simmons Directors: Michael Beyer & John Paulson Sound: Clayton Stubbs & Dirk Sobotka Lighting: Jeff Ravitz Editor: John Paulson Line Producer: Sven Nebelung Executive Producer: Randy Mason Production Manager: Mark Stamm