Twitter Buzz: Joyce El-Khoury thrills as Pauline in Donizetti’s rare masterpiece Les Martyrs
Last night, Soprano Joyce El-Khoury sang at Royal Festival Hall (London, UK) in a rare performance of Donizetti’s Les Martyrs under the baton on maestro Sir Mark Elder. The opera was led by Joyce in the role of Pauline and tenor Michael Spyres in the role of Polyeucte. Here’s the first impression from the twitterverse! What a night! In the week leading up to this performance, the performers recorded the work.
A privilege to watch a true star singing tonight: Joyce El-Khoury (et al) in #lesmartyrs at Festival Hall.
— James Hadley (@JamesHadley2) November 5, 2014
Joyce El-Khoury sang exquisite floated high notes & her spirited & powerful singing gave a real sense of character to Pauline #LesMartyrs
— David Cloke (@DavidCloke) November 4, 2014
Limpid, floated pianissimi, thrilling attack, smoky low notes, volleys of descending scales & passagework, @JoyceSoprano had it all!
— Jamie Henderson (@jsdhenderson) November 4, 2014
How *does* Joyce El-Khoury pluck pianissimos from thin air like that?! #LesMartyrs @theoae
— Mark Pullinger (@larkingrumple) November 4, 2014
#lesmartyrs @JoyceSoprano @Spikelmyers @theoae – thank you for a truly spectacular performance. Da capo pretty please pic.twitter.com/n4EnY3RdCm
— Martin Liepmann (@bkkml01) November 5, 2014
It's been a while since I've cried in a concert hall. Donizetti. So powerful @theoae @OperaRara @JoyceSoprano pic.twitter.com/ZSFji9o6ue
— Esther Stewart (@estherrstewart) November 4, 2014
Well, the @OperaRara Les Martyrs CD will be a must-buy for the fabulous singing of @JoyceSoprano in an extremely long, demanding role!
— Jamie Henderson (@jsdhenderson) November 4, 2014
Well that was INSANE in the best way possible. Truly thrilling singing from @JoyceSoprano and @Spikelmyers!
— Kevin (@NonPiuDiFiori) November 4, 2014
*photo credit: Opera Rara
