Joyce El-Khoury
Joyce El-Khoury (* 1981 or 1982 in Beirut ) is a Lebanese - Canadian opera singer ( soprano ).
Youth 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. El-Khoury came to Canada with her family at the age of six, lived in Ottawa , Ontario, and began taking private singing lessons with Karen Spicer at the age of 15. On the advice of her teacher and her parents, she studied singing at the University of Ottawa with Ingemar Korjus. During the last two years of her studies she took part in the Young Artists Program of Opera Lyra in Ottawa and made her operatic debut as Giovanna in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto . After graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Ottawa, she studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia with Bill Schuman. El-Khoury was invited to participate in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera and study with James Levine while she continued her studies with Schuman. Her musical mentor and singing teacher is Laurent Philippe, with whom she performs regularly.
Career
Joyce El-Khoury made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2009 as one of the Nuns in Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini . In the summer of 2010, El-Khoury was hired by Lorin Maazel and the Castleton Festival to sing Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi . On the opening evening of the festival, she was asked to take on the title role of Suor Angelica. This was the beginning of Lorin Maazel's mentorship. She played Rosina in Rossini 's Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Beijing , the Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème and her first Desdemona in Verdi 's Otello , conducted by Maazel.
She now appears in leading opera houses and with symphony orchestras around the world, including the Royal Opera House , the Bavarian State Opera , the Nederlandse Opera , the Santa Fe Opera , the Seattle Opera , the Vancouver Opera , the Welsh National Opera , the Savonlinna Opera Festival and the Glyndebourne Festival .
El-Khoury's commitment to contemporary opera include the title role of Tobias Picker 's Emmeline for the Opera Theater of Saint Louis and Tatyana Bakst in Jake Heggie's opera Great Scott for the San Diego Opera.
El-Khoury's concert appearances include
- the soprano part in Beethoven 's Missa Solemnis with the Munich Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel
- the title role in Antonín Dvořák s Rusalka at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam under the direction of James Gaffigan
- the Pauline in Gaetano Donizetti 's Les Martyrs at Southbank Center with the Orchestra of the Enlightenment and the conductor Mark Elder
- Antonia in Gaetano Donizetti's Belisario at the Barbican Center with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Gioachino Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Orchester de Paris under the direction of Jésus López Cobos and
- a gala concert with Juan Diego Flórez at the Beiteddine Festival.
Engagements and repertoire
| year | role | composer | Opera | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Frasquita | Georges Bizet | Carmen | Metropolitan Opera |
| 2011 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Knoxville Opera |
| 2012 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Welsh National Opera |
| 2012 | Magda | Giacomo Puccini | La rondine | Des Moines Metro Opera |
| 2012 | Mimì | Giacomo Puccini | La bohème | Opera Lyra Ottawa |
| 2012 | Antonina | Gaetano Donizetti | Belisario | Opera Rara |
| 2013 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Palm Beach Opera |
| 2013 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne |
| 2013 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Dutch National Opera |
| 2013 | Desdemona | Giuseppe Verdi | Otello | Castleton Festival |
| 2013 | Mimì | Giacomo Puccini | La bohème | Canadian Opera Company |
| 2013 | Musetta | Giacomo Puccini | La bohème | Canadian Opera Company |
| 2014 | Rusalka | Antonín Dvořák | Rusalka | North Carolina Opera |
| 2014 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Korea National Opera |
| 2014 | Rusalka | Antonín Dvořák | Rusalka | Concertgebouw |
| 2014 | Micaëla | Georges Bizet | Carmen | Santa Fe Opera |
| 2014 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Lyric Opera of Kansas City |
| 2014 | Pauline | Gaetano Donizetti | Les martyrs | Opera Rara |
| 2015 | Juliette | Charles Gounod | Roméo and Juliette | Austin Opera |
| 2015 | Rosalinde | Johann Strauss | The bat | Vancouver Opera |
| 2015 | Leonora | Giuseppe Verdi | Il trovatore | Knoxville Opera |
| 2015 | Emmeline | Tobias Picker | Emmeline | Opera Theater of Saint Louis |
| 2015 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Savonlinna Opera Festival |
| 2015 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Canadian Opera Company |
| 2015 | Musetta | Giacomo Puccini | La bohème | Bavarian State Opera |
| 2016 | Tatiana | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | North Carolina Opera |
| 2016 | Maria Stuarda | Gaetano Donizetti | Maria Stuarda | Seattle Opera |
| 2016 | Tatiana Bakst | Jake Heggie | Great Scott | San Diego Opera |
| 2016 | Liú | Giacomo Puccini | Turandot | Opera Philadelphia |
| 2016 | Salomé | Jules Massenet | Hérodiade | Washington Concert Opera |
| 2017 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Royal Opera |
| 2017 | Leïla | Georges Bizet | Les pêcheurs de perles | Opéra National de Bordeaux |
| 2017 | Violetta Valéry | Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Glyndebourne Festival |
| 2017 | Imogene | Vincenzo Bellini | Il pirata | Opéra National de Bordeaux |
| 2017 | Musetta | Giacomo Puccini | La bohème | Teatro Real de Madrid |
Awards
- 2005: First Prize in the Brian Law Opera Competition
- 2006: First prize in the Mario Lanza Vocal Competition
- 2006: First prize at the Giargiari & Son Bel Canto Competition
- 2008: First prize at the George London Competition
- 2014: Nomination as Best Young Artist at the International Opera Awards
- 2014: The in Opera Rara album released Gaetano Donizetti Belisario with Joyce El-Khoury in the role of Antonina became the Best Recording (Complete Opera) at the International Opera Awards nominated
- 2016: The album Caetano Donizetti Les martyrs with Joyce El-Khoury in the role of Pauline, released by Opera Rara, received the Best Recording (Complete Opera) award at the International Opera Awards
Discography (selection)
- Antonina in Donizetti 's Belisario with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder , released 2012, Opera Rara
- Pauline in Donizetti's Les martyrs with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Sir Mark Elder, published 2015, Opera Rara
Web links
- Joyce El-Khoury homepage
- Joyce El-Khoury at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Joyce El-Khoury at Discogs (English)
- Joyce El-Khoury at www.allmusic.com
- Interview with Joyce El-Khoury at operawarhorses.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ ARTIST PROFILE: New Diva for a New Year - Soprano JOYCE EL-KHOURY. January 29, 2014, accessed January 26, 2018 .
- ^ Student sings her way through a bachelor of commerce. February 27, 2014, accessed January 26, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c BRIAN KELLOW: Sound Bites: Joyce El-Khoury. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Steven Mazey: A soprano comes full circle. September 4, 2012, accessed January 26, 2018 .
- ↑ STEVEN MAZEY: Songs for a mentor: Joyce El-Khoury honors her teacher Ingemar Korjus. January 24, 2016, accessed January 26, 2018 .
- ^ A b Rising Stars: An Interview with Joyce El-Khoury. Accessed January 28, 2018 .
- ↑ AVA alumni. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
- ↑ ASK THE ARTIST: JOYCE EL-KHOURY. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
- ^ Anne Midgette: Castleton Festival opens with 'La Boheme'. June 26, 2011, accessed January 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Joyce El-Khoury. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Joyce El-Khoury is #OPERATHLETIC. February 2, 2016, accessed January 27, 2018 .
- ^ A b Royal Opera House - Joyce El-Khoury. Retrieved January 27, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Joyce El-Khoury at Operabase (engagements and dates).
- ^ National Capital Opera Society - Brian Law Opera Competition. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Giargiari & Son Bel Canto Competition. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ^ AVA Soundbites: The George London Foundation Awards. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ a b International Opera Awards 2014 Winners and Nominees. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ International Opera Awards 2016 Winners and Nominees. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Nicola Alaimo, Joyce El-Khoury, Camilla Roberts, Russell Thomas (2), Alastair Miles, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Mark Elder (2), Julia Sporsén, Peter Hoare, Edward Price, Michael Bundy (2), Darren Jeffery - Belisario. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Joyce El-Khoury / Michael Spyres / Mark Elder / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Donizetti: Les Martyrs. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | El-Khoury, Joyce |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese-Canadian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 or 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beirut |