“the undoubted “find” of the evening”
Opera Rara and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Sir Mark Elder) recorded Donizetti's rare masterpiece Belisario. The work was performed after the week of recording on October 28 - the result was serious buzz surrounding the release of the recording in
Opera Rara: Donizetti Belisario
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012 "Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury lit a bigger fire as Antonina, his poisonous wife, though El-Khoury’s skill in tapering dynamics and placing her heart in the audience’s palms made the character much more than the standard harpy." -Geoff Brown, London Times "Joyce
BBC Music Magazine
“Soprano Joyce El-Khoury is taking on the role of the vengeful wife of a Byzantine general in Donizetti’s Belisario this weekend. Sir Mark Elder is conducting a live performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican this Sunday, as