Joyce El-Khoury

Lebanese-Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury has been praised by The London Times as a “true Verdian soprano” with “exquisite bel canto style”. Recent highlights include acclaimed role debuts as Norma at the Acropolis in Athens, Médée at Paris’s Opéra Comique, Manon Lescaut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Hélène in Les vêpres siciliennes at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch. A frequent collaborator with conductors such as Sir Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi, Riccardo Muti and the late Lorin Maazel, she has appeared at theatres and festivals including Teatro Real Madrid, Glyndebourne Festival, Dutch National Opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Canadian Opera Company and Dallas Opera. On the concert platform, she has performed with leading orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Münchner Philharmoniker and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Her symphonic repertoire includes Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Verdi’s Requiem and Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Her award-winning discography for Opera Rara includes Donizetti’s L’Ange de Nisida, Les Martyrs and Belisario, as well as her solo album Écho, which received a Juno nomination. In 2022 she was named Dallas Opera’s Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year.