Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano
Time for Three

Nick Kendall, Violin
Charles Yang, Violin
Ranaan Meyer, Bass

“Emily—No Prisoner Be”

When

Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 7:30PM

Where

Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall

Tickets

This special event is currently available as an add-on to a series subscription package and the Princeton University Student Early Bird program. Make-Your-Own package sales begin Monday, May 12, 2025. Single ticket sales begin online on Monday, August 4, 2025 at 11AM, and by phone on Monday, September 8, 2025.

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perhaps the most potent female singer of her generation"

—The New Yorker

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About the Event

Be a part of the New Jersey premiere of Emily–No Prisoner Be, an exciting semi-staged song cycle inspired by Emily Dickinson’s timeless poetry which still resonates 150 years after her death. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts, named Musical America’s 2024 Composer of the Year, created this new work specifically for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato—hailed as “a stunning triumph” (Variety) for her role in Puts’ The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera—and the genre-defying Time for Three trio, whose recording of Puts’s Triple Concerto won multiple Grammy Awards in 2023. Under the stage direction of Marie Lambert-Le Bihan, this powerhouse ensemble of PUC fan-favorite artists will celebrate Dickinson’s fearless exploration of identity, freedom, and social norms, promising an unforgettable evening celebrating one of literature’s most iconic voices with some of the greatest musical voices of our time.

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