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Joyce El-Khoury gives a performance of extraordinary intensity. The music makes demands that push her to the absolute edge of her technique... but she gives it everything she's got and then some, making her final cavatina "Vivi ingrato" something of aching sadness and beauty

– The Telegraph

The highlight was an electric turn from Joyce El-Khoury, whose Queen Elizabeth stole every scene she was in, bringing the house down with a rendition of Vivi that set bones tingling during the gripping finale

– Buzz Magazine

Cover Story: Joyce El-Khoury’s Bel Canto Journey

Opera Canada's latest issue is now available for purchase online! There is a cover feature on Joyce's bel canto journey by Joseph So! Here's the link to read the feature. 27

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August 27, 2017

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07nov7:00 pmDialogues des carmélitesThe Dallas Opera

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Joyce debuts the role Blanche de la Force in Poulenc's masterpiece, Dialogues des carmélites. Click here for ticket and production information. Dallas Opera: "Time travel to 1794 Paris, where France's Reign

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Joyce debuts the role Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s masterpiece, Dialogues des carmélites.

Click here for ticket and production information.

Dallas Opera: “Time travel to 1794 Paris, where France’s Reign of Terror is raging. A frightened young aristocrat enters a convent, desperate to find peace from religious persecution. But as the Mother Superior warns, she has entered a house of prayer, not an escape from reality. Based on a real-life incident, 16 Carmelite nuns-each with her own private demons-must decide if they will live in fear or die together in faith as martyrs on the guillotine.”

Joyce El-Khoury captures all hearts with “radiant authority” (THE INDEPENDENT) as Sister Blanche; “Uncommonly enchanting” mezzo Stéphanie D’Oustrac (JERUSALEM POST) is Mother Marie; Leah Hawkins, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024 Beverly Sills Artist, is the new Prioress; and the remarkable Patricia Racette gives “a masterclass in characterization” (HOUSTON PRESS) as the old Prioress.