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Let us say it right away: the performance of the Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury is miraculous. In the fire of the live performance, all the imperfections which could be a bother in a recording become assets. We’re left open-mouthed with admiration: the infinite length of her breath, the science of chiaroscuro, her projection in the high register, the quality of her pianissimo, the variety of accents, by turns strong and vulnerable, included in the extraordinarily lively recits, like we haven’t heard them since Callas. As for the bewitching cantilena, no Imogene had reached such heights since Caballé!

– -OPÉRA Magazine, translated from French (Bellini's Il pirata, Opéra National de Bordeaux)

“…the infinite length of the breath, the science of chiaroscuro, the projection of the treble, the quality of the pianissimi, the variety of accents, in turn authoritarian and vulnerable, including in extraordinarily lively recitatives, as we had not heard them since Maria Callas. As for the bewitching final cantilene (<<Col sorriso d’innocenza>>) no Imogene had reached such summits since Montserrat Caballé.”

– -OPÉRA Magazine, translated from French (Bellini's Il pirata, Opéra National de Bordeaux)

The soprano Joyce ElKhoury interprets Imogene with a highly placed voice. Her limpid timber swells with emotion in the lower register and in the piano moments, with a thread like sound fleeing from her nearly closed mouth. In a palpitating finale, her acting talents, unbothered by any mise en scene, are shining: her eyes cry, hope, lose themselves and beg in the folly of a character too virtuous to live her illegitimate love, but too in love to live without him.

– Olyrix, translated from French

What we hear from the Canadian singer, perfectly at ease with the vocal poetic language of Italian romanticism, deserves more than respect. From her entrance aria to the great final scene immortalized by Callas [ ] Joyce El-Khoury holds herself consistently at the highest level of vocal and musical quality. To her aerial vocalism and her long Bellinian legato lines, she adds here a surprising foundation in the lower register, so often appealed to in this opera. It is a triumph largely deserved she receives at the bows.

– Opera Online, translated from french

08feb8:00 pmMédéeOpéra Comique / Paris

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Joyce debuts the role of Cherubini’s Médée at the Opéra Comique for her Parisian debut.

The Opéra-Comique invites Laurence Equilbey and Marie- Ève Signeyrole to seize the opportunity of this « dramatic music summit » – dixit Brahms – to create the tragic setting and dialectic for Joyce El-Khoury’s Médée. How does one approach this femme fatale archetype in the twenty-first century? Laurence Equilbey and Marie-Éve Signeyrole certainly honoured her.

Médée thought nothing of sacrificing her family for her beloved Jason. Ascended to the throne of Beotia thanks to her, the venturesome Jason strengthens his power by marrying the daughter of Creon, King of Corinth. Médée unleashes her fury, committing the unthinkable crime of killing their two children.

Based in Paris for the last ten years, Cherubini synthesises comic opera drama and lyric tragedy in one of his most powerful scores. Created at the Théâtre Feydeau, a rival institution the Opéra-Comique would soon absorb, Médée was hailed as a European triumph in view of the composer’s reputation.

The Opéra-Comique invites Laurence Equilbey and Marie- Ève Signeyrole to seize the opportunity of this « dramatic music summit » – dixit Brahms – to create the tragic setting and dialectic for Joyce El-Khoury’s Médée. How does one approach this femme fatale archetype in the twenty-first century?
Laurence Equilbey and Marie-Éve Signeyrole certainly honoured her.

Comic Opera in three Acts. Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. Created on 13th March 1797 at the Théâtre Feydeau

Musical direction, Laurence Equilbey • Stage direction, Marie-Ève Signeyrole •

With Joyce El-Khoury, Julien Behr, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Lila Dufy, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, soloists from the Académie, children from Maîtrise Populaire of the Opéra-Comique • Orchestra, Insula orchestra • Choir, accentus

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(Saturday) 8:00 pm

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10feb8:00 pmMédéeOpéra Comique / Paris

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Joyce debuts the role of Cherubini’s Médée at the Opéra Comique for her Parisian debut.

The Opéra-Comique invites Laurence Equilbey and Marie- Ève Signeyrole to seize the opportunity of this « dramatic music summit » – dixit Brahms – to create the tragic setting and dialectic for Joyce El-Khoury’s Médée. How does one approach this femme fatale archetype in the twenty-first century?
Laurence Equilbey and Marie-Éve Signeyrole certainly honoured her.

Comic Opera in three Acts. Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. Created on 13th March 1797 at the Théâtre Feydeau

Musical direction, Laurence Equilbey • Stage direction, Marie-Ève Signeyrole •

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(Monday) 8:00 pm

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12feb8:00 pmMédéeOpéra Comique / Paris

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Joyce debuts the role of Cherubini’s Médée at the Opéra Comique for her Parisian debut.

The Opéra-Comique invites Laurence Equilbey and Marie- Ève Signeyrole to seize the opportunity of this « dramatic music summit » – dixit Brahms – to create the tragic setting and dialectic for Joyce El-Khoury’s Médée. How does one approach this femme fatale archetype in the twenty-first century?
Laurence Equilbey and Marie-Éve Signeyrole certainly honoured her.

Comic Opera in three Acts. Libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. Created on 13th March 1797 at the Théâtre Feydeau

Musical direction, Laurence Equilbey • Stage direction, Marie-Ève Signeyrole •

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(Wednesday) 8:00 pm

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