Upcoming Performances

Joyce makes her role & house debut as Anna Bolena at ABAO Bilbao Opera.

Anna Bolena: Joyce El-Khoury*
Giovanna Seymour: Silvia Tro Santafé
Enrico VIII: Marko Mimica
Lord Riccardo Percy: Celso Albelo
Smeton: Anna Tobella
Lord Rochefort: José Manuel Díaz
Hervey: Josep Fadó

Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Coro de Ópera de Bilbao Director Boris Dujin

Conductor Jordi Bernacer
Director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera*
Director repository Gianni Santucci

Coproduction ABAO, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liege,Royal Opera House Muscat, Opera de Lausanne
*Debuting at ABAO Bilbao Opera

Joyce makes her role & house debut as Anna Bolena at ABAO Bilbao Opera.

Anna Bolena: Joyce El-Khoury*
Giovanna Seymour: Silvia Tro Santafé
Enrico VIII: Marko Mimica
Lord Riccardo Percy: Celso Albelo
Smeton: Anna Tobella
Lord Rochefort: José Manuel Díaz
Hervey: Josep Fadó

Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Coro de Ópera de Bilbao Director Boris Dujin

Conductor Jordi Bernacer
Director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera*
Director repository Gianni Santucci

Coproduction ABAO, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liege,Royal Opera House Muscat, Opera de Lausanne
*Debuting at ABAO Bilbao Opera

Joyce makes her role & house debut as Anna Bolena at ABAO Bilbao Opera.

Anna Bolena: Joyce El-Khoury*
Giovanna Seymour: Silvia Tro Santafé
Enrico VIII: Marko Mimica
Lord Riccardo Percy: Celso Albelo
Smeton: Anna Tobella
Lord Rochefort: José Manuel Díaz
Hervey: Josep Fadó

Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Coro de Ópera de Bilbao Director Boris Dujin

Conductor Jordi Bernacer
Director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera*
Director repository Gianni Santucci

Coproduction ABAO, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liege,Royal Opera House Muscat, Opera de Lausanne
*Debuting at ABAO Bilbao Opera

Joyce makes her role & house debut as Anna Bolena at ABAO Bilbao Opera.

Anna Bolena: Joyce El-Khoury*
Giovanna Seymour: Silvia Tro Santafé
Enrico VIII: Marko Mimica
Lord Riccardo Percy: Celso Albelo
Smeton: Anna Tobella
Lord Rochefort: José Manuel Díaz
Hervey: Josep Fadó

Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Coro de Ópera de Bilbao Director Boris Dujin

Conductor Jordi Bernacer
Director Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera*
Director repository Gianni Santucci

Coproduction ABAO, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liege,Royal Opera House Muscat, Opera de Lausanne
*Debuting at ABAO Bilbao Opera

Odyssey Opera, in partnership with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), presents the East Coast premiere of Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman’s Awakenings (2022) Saturday, February 25, at 7:30 p.m. In a one-night only, fully-staged production, Awakenings marks the first operatic performance in the reopened Huntington Theatre.

Baritone Jarrett Porter plays the lead role of Dr. Oliver Sacks, alongside a cast including sopranos Joyce El-Khoury and Adrienne Danrich. They are joined by the Odyssey Opera chorus, and the BMOP orchestra as part of its extended 25th anniversary celebration season. The creative team includes Grammy Award winning conductor Gil Rose and celebrated director James Robinson (Artistic Director Opera Theatre of Saint Louis). A world premiere studio recording will follow on BMOP/sound (TBR Summer 2023).

For more information, click here for the official press announcement.

History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true story of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was assassinated during a masked ball in 1792. Combining political intrigue, a love triangle and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, the opera also contains radiant choral writing and richly scored dance music. Riccardo Muti leads a performance featuring a spectacular cast of international singers at The Tokyo Spring Festival.

Cast
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Riccardo: TBA
Amelia: Joyce El-Khoury
Renato: Serban Vasile
Ulrica: Yulia Matochkina
Oscar: Damiana Mizzi
Orchestra: Tokyo-HARUSAI Festival Orchestra
Chorus: Tokyo Opera Singers

History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true story of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was assassinated during a masked ball in 1792. Combining political intrigue, a love triangle and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, the opera also contains radiant choral writing and richly scored dance music. Riccardo Muti leads a performance featuring a spectacular cast of international singers at The Tokyo Spring Festival.

Cast
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Riccardo: TBA
Amelia: Joyce El-Khoury
Renato: Serban Vasile
Ulrica: Yulia Matochkina
Oscar: Damiana Mizzi
Orchestra: Tokyo-HARUSAI Festival Orchestra
Chorus: Tokyo Opera Singers

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This August, Joyce returns to the role or Tosca and to the Birgit Nilsson Museum’s summer festival. “Tosca in Concert” features top international soloists – Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Fabiano and John Lundgren – in the leading roles. In addition, the well-respected opera singers Anton Ljungqvist, Fredrik Zetterström, Rickard Söderberg and Anders Lorentzson as well as the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and a large choir from the Bjäre Peninsula – all under the direction of maestro Pier Giorgio Morandi, one of the world’s leading experts in Italian opera.

For production details & to purchase tickets visit https://birgitnilsson.com/en/blog/tosca-in-concert-offers-international-names/

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This summer Joyce will be making her professional stage debut in the title role of Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch.

On this exciting debut Joyce recently shared…

“This might come as a surprise to some of you, but this role debut is one of the most meaningful & long-awaited in my career thus far. My journey with the opera Carmen goes back to my student days at The University of Ottawa where I was first studied the role at the age of 20. It was through this experience that my love affair with the art form of opera began. As a young artist, I gained perspectives of the character of Carmen through the eyes of chorister, Frasquita and then as my career began to bloom, in productions as Micaëla. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting for the day to return home to the role of Carmen, who has lived deep in my soul & the colors of my imagination for the last 20 years. I am HONORED to follow in the footsteps of the legendary sopranos who have embodied this iconic role including Maria Callas, Victoria de Los Angeles, Angela Gheorghiu & Ana Maria Martinez. I am so excited and can’t wait to introduce my Carmen to the public in Austria this summer, as well as the rest of the world in a live telecast and DVD recording that will be forthcoming.” – Joyce

For production details visit https://www.operimsteinbruch.at/program/Oper%5fCarmen%5f2023

This August, Joyce debuts the title role of Norma. The cultural organization Lykofos, honoring the 100th anniversary of Maria Callas’ birth, presents Bellini’s Norma on August 28 and 30 at the historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus, directed by Tom Volf and conducted by Eugene Kohn in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Mixed Choir “Fons Musicalis” under the direction of Kostis Konstantaras.

The renowned French director Tom Volf, who has become the most important collector and expert on the work of Maria Callas with his award-winning documentary “Maria by Callas”, following the sold-out performances of Monica Bellucci who captivated the audience of Athens with a reading of Maria Callas’ letters at the Herodesio in 2021 under his direction, collaborates again with the cultural organization “Twilight” of George Lykiardopoulos and returns to Greece, this time with a brand new production dedicated to the great celebration.

Norma, Callas’ favourite role, which she sang a total of 92 times on stage – more than any other opera – returns to the Herodesion, where Callas herself sang it in 1944 and 1957, and to Greece, the country where she gave one of the most legendary performances of Norma, in 1960 at Epidaurus.

For production details & to purchase tickets visit: https://www.ticketservices.gr/event/norma-herodeion/

This August, Joyce debuts the title role of Norma. The cultural organization Lykofos, honoring the 100th anniversary of Maria Callas’ birth, presents Bellini’s Norma on August 28 and 30 at the historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus, directed by Tom Volf and conducted by Eugene Kohn in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Mixed Choir “Fons Musicalis” under the direction of Kostis Konstantaras.

The renowned French director Tom Volf, who has become the most important collector and expert on the work of Maria Callas with his award-winning documentary “Maria by Callas”, following the sold-out performances of Monica Bellucci who captivated the audience of Athens with a reading of Maria Callas’ letters at the Herodesio in 2021 under his direction, collaborates again with the cultural organization “Twilight” of George Lykiardopoulos and returns to Greece, this time with a brand new production dedicated to the great celebration.

Norma, Callas’ favourite role, which she sang a total of 92 times on stage – more than any other opera – returns to the Herodesion, where Callas herself sang it in 1944 and 1957, and to Greece, the country where she gave one of the most legendary performances of Norma, in 1960 at Epidaurus.

For production details & to purchase tickets visit: https://www.ticketservices.gr/event/norma-herodeion/