Joyce El-Khoury - Écho (2017) [Official Digital Download]

Born in the Lebanon and brought up in Canada, Joyce El-Khoury studied in Ottawa and Philadelphia, before graduating from the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development programme. Today she is one of the brightest young stars in the opera world, recently receiving universal acclaim for her landmark performance of Violetta in La Traviata at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As well as singing extensively in America, she appears widely in opera and concert throughout Europe, including the Bayerishe Staatsoper. She returns to Covent Garden in 2018, but before then will star in Glyndebourne and Madrid, as well as singing extensively in concert.

Joyce has starred in two Opera Rara recordings to date: Donizetti's Belisario and the award-winning recording of Les Martyrs. Joyce's album Écho features music associated with the great 19th century soprano Julie Dorus-Gras, including arias by Berlioz, Donizetti, Meyerbeer and Weber. She also duets with her co-star from Les Martyrs, Michael Spyres, whose own recital disc is also released in September 2017, and is available from Opera Rara exclusively from 14th July 2017.

TRACKLIST
1. Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Scena e Cavatina ‘Regnava nel silenzio’
2. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le diable: Cavatine ‘Robert, toi que j’aime’
3. Carl Maria von Weber, Hector Berlioz: Le Freyschutz, Op. 77: Scène et Air ‘Hélas! sans le revoir’
4. Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell: Récitatif et Romance ‘Ils s’éloignent enfin'
5. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le diable: Romance ‘Va, dit-elle, va, mon enfant’
6. Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor: Scena e Duetto Finale ‘Lucia, perdona…’
7. Ferdinand Hérold: Le Pré aux clercs: Entr’acte et Air ‘Jours de mon enfance’
8. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le diable: Couplets ‘Quand je quittai la Normandie’
9. Fromental Halévy: La Juive: Air ‘Assez longtemps la crainte et la tristesse’
10. Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76: Récitatif et Air ‘Les belles fleurs’

PERSONNEL
Joyce El-Khoury (soprano)
Hallé Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)