Joyce El-Khoury

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Joyce El-Khoury
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Portrait of Joyce El-Khoury in New York Metropolitan Opera, performing at Tappan Park, Staten Island.
Born
Beirut, Lebanon
Alma mater Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA)
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active2003–present
Website joyceelkhoury.com

Joyce El-Khoury is a Lebanese-Canadian opera singer performing with leading opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world. She is a soprano praised for her bel canto singing. [1]

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Early life and education

El-Khoury was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Jean and Alex El-Khoury. She has two sisters, Cynthia El-Khoury Najm and Krista Jane El-Khoury – the latter also a singer. [2] She came to Ottawa, Ontario, with her family at the age of six, [3] and began taking private voice lessons at the age of 15 with Karen Spicer. [4] With support from her teacher and parents, she pursued voice at the University of Ottawa under the tutelage of Ingemar Korjus. [5] After graduating her Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the University of Ottawa, she pursued her studies at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) [6] in Philadelphia while studying with Bill Schuman. El-Khoury was then invited to study at the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program while continuing her studies with Schuman. Her musical mentor and vocal coach is Laurent Philippe, [3] [7] with whom she regularly appears in recital.

Career

During the summer of 2010, El-Khoury was engaged by Lorin Maazel and the Castleton Festival to sing Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and to cover [8] the title role in Suor Angelica . On opening night, she was asked to step in to sing Suor Angelica; this marked the beginning of Maazel's mentorship. She went on to perform Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville in Beijing, Mimì in Puccini's La bohème , the soprano part of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in Munich and her first Desdemona in Verdi's Otello with Maazel. [9]

She sang Mimì in her Australian debut in 2019 for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House. [10]

Repertory

YearRoleComposerOperaLocation
2009NeddaRuggiero Leoncavallo Pagliacci Knoxville Opera
2010 [11] FrasquitaGeorges Bizet Carmen Metropolitan Opera
2011Violetta ValéryGiuseppe Verdi La traviata Knoxville Opera
2012Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Welsh National Opera
2012MagdaGiacomo Puccini La rondine Des Moines Metro Opera
2012MimìGiacomo Puccini La bohème Opera Lyra Ottawa
2012AntoninaGaetano Donizetti Belisario Opera Rara
2013Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Palm Beach Opera
2013Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviataOpéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne
2013Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Dutch National Opera
2013DesdemonaGiuseppe Verdi Otello Castleton Festival
2013MimìGiacomo PucciniLa bohème Canadian Opera Company
2013MusettaGiacomo PucciniLa bohèmeCanadian Opera Company
2014RusalkaAntonín Dvořák Rusalka North Carolina Opera
2014Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Korea National Opera
2014RusalkaAntonín DvořákRusalka Concertgebouw
2014MicaëlaGeorges Bizet Carmen Santa Fe Opera
2014Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Lyric Opera of Kansas City
2014PaulineGaetano Donizetti Les martyrs Opera Rara
2015JulietteCharles Gounod Roméo et Juliette Austin Opera
2015RosalindeJohann Strauss Die Fledermaus Vancouver Opera
2015EmmelineTobias Picker Emmeline Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
2015Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Savonlinna Opera Festival
2015Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviataCanadian Opera Company
2015MusettaGiacomo PucciniLa bohème Bayerische Staatsoper
2016TatianaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin North Carolina Opera
2016Maria StuardaGaetano Donizetti Maria Stuarda Seattle Opera
2016Tatyana Bakst Jake Heggie Great Scott San Diego Opera
2016LiúGiacomo Puccini Turandot Opera Philadelphia
2016SaloméJules Massenet Hérodiade Washington Concert Opera
2017Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Royal Opera House
2017LeïlaGeorges Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles Opéra National de Bordeaux
2017Violetta ValéryGiuseppe VerdiLa traviata Glyndebourne
2017ImogeneVincenzo Bellini Il pirata Opéra National de Bordeaux
2018MusettaGiacomo PucciniLa bohème Teatro Real de Madrid
2018ImogeneVincenzo BelliniIl pirata Theater St. Gallen

Recordings

Recognition and awards

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