Joyce El-Khoury’s Médée captivated from first to last, her ‘Vous voyez de vos fils’ mesmerising, shot through with steel. El-Khoury’s acting was of both body and voice…El-Khoury made the opera’s terrifying climax unforgettable. – Gramophone Magazine
Inspirée par la mise en scène, la Médée littéralement habitée de Joyce El-Khoury possède une voix aussi large que longue de tragédienne. – Le Figaro
Le soprano d’origine libanaise possède une dissociation naturelle des registres vocaux qui n’est pas sans donner du relief aux étrangetés de la magicienne - graves pro-fonds, aigus tranchants comme des lames. – Le Monde
The staging proved to be a powerful showcase for Joyce El-Khoury’s first attempt at Cherubini’s anti-heroine. This charismatic Lebanese-Canadian soprano sang Médée in a late-classical style which made me long to hear her as Gluck’s Iphigénie (en Tauride) or Alceste, surely the vocal models for Cherubini’s incandescent sorceress. Her histrionic performance...suggested that Berlioz’s Cassandre, possibly even Didon, may be within her reach. Every member of the supporting cast complemented her towering central performance. – Opera Logue
