Joyce El-Khoury

The Lebanese-born Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury is a rising star of bel canto opera, with a busy schedule of both well-known and novel repertory items. In addition to appearances in Canada, she has appeared with opera companies in the U.S. and as far afield as Korea. El-Khoury was born into a Christian family in Lebanon around 1982. Her paternal grandfather was a fine singer who often performed in churches around her village. El-Khoury and her family moved to Canada when she was six; she spoke Arabic and French but no English, and she suffered bullying as a child. She beg...