The current season 21/22 already brought her debut of MADAMA BUTTERFLY at Welsh National Opera, a return to the Opera de Bordeaux for two gala concerts, to Toulouse as Anna in LE VILLI and she will also return to the Al-Bustan Festival for a solo recital.
Furthermore, she will sing Leila/ LES PÊCHEURS DES PERLES at the Dallas Opera and will gave her debut as Amelia/UN BALLO IN MASCHERA with the CSO in Chicago under the baton of Riccardo Muti.
Later she will make her debut the Festival of Luzern and Grafenegg with Strauss VIER LETZTE LIEDER and she will return to the Canadian Opera Toronto for Micaela in CARMEN and make her debut in the title role of ANNA BOLENA at Bilbao Opera.

During the last seasons she gave her debut in Italy with concerts of Verdi´s MESSA DA REQUIEM at Teatro Massimo in Palermo under Riccardo Muti, followed by her debut of the title role of TOSCA at the Opera de Lille. Furthermore, she sang recitals in Strasbourg and gave ravishing performances as Tatyana/EUGEN ONEGIN and Liu/TURANDOT at the Canadian Opera Company, as Mimi/LA BOHEME with Australian Opera and Elisabetta/ROBERTO DEVEREUX with the Welsh National Opera and in a Gala performance in Karlsruhe. Other appearances included Recitals in Paris, Montreal and Toronto, Verdi’s REQUIEM in Toulouse and Mexico City, Beethoven’s 9th SYMPHONY in Prague and her debut as Anna/LE VILLI in Limoges.

After an acclaimed Glyndebourne Festival debut in the summer of 2017 (Violetta in LA TRAVIATA), Ms. El-Khoury opened her 2017-18 season in a gala performance with the NDR Radio Philharmonic (Hanover). She returned to the ROH as Musetta in Richard Jones' LA BOHEME, a production she revisited in her Teatro Real debut in December. Joyce made a splash in her role debut as Imogene in Bellini's iconic opera IL PIRATA (Opéra National de Bordeaux), a role she reprised in her company debut with Theatre St. Gallen in the spring. She also appeared in recital with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and continued to explore bel canto repertoire in a role creation in a never-before-heard Donizetti opera (Sylvia in Donizetti's L’ANGE DE NISIDA) at the ROH this summer, in collaboration with Opera Rara whose new edition of the work was recorded for international release. She then premiered another world premiere with the Staatskapelle Weimar: Liszt’s SARDANAPALO.

Ms. El-Khoury’s discography includes two rare Donizetti operas (LES MARTYRS and BELISARIO) conducted by Sir Mark Elder on the Opera Rara label – both to critical acclaim. She also has a solo disc, 'Écho', also recorded with Opera Rara, with The Hallé conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

In the 2016-2017 season, Ms. El-Khoury made several major debuts: first in London at the ROH as Violetta in LA TRAVIATA; with the London Philhamonic Orchestra in Rossini's STABAT MATER, and with Opéra National de Bordeaux as Leila in LES PÊCHEURS DES PERLES. She also made role and house debuts with Opera Philadelphia as Liù in Turandot, and as Salome in Massenet’s HERODIADE with Washington Concert Opera.

Recent engagements include Violetta in La traviata with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, Musetta in LA BOHEME with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and with San Diego Opera in Jake Heggie’s new opera GREAT SCOTT as Tatyana Bakst. Ms. El-Khoury garnered raves when she starred in the title role of MARIA STUARDA at Seattle Opera, replacing an ailing colleague in addition to giving her own scheduled performances, in some instances singing back to back performances. On the concert stage, Ms. El-Khoury debuted with the Orchestre de Paris in Rossini’s STABAT MATER, under the baton of Jesús López-Cobos, and performed in concerts in Austria with Elīna Garanča, and in Spain with Juan Diego Flórez.

Additional highlights include Joyce’s performance in the title role in Dvorak’s RUSALKA with the Concertgebouw; her company debut with Santa Fe Opera as Micaela in their production of Bizet’s CARMEN; her debut with Korean National Opera as Violetta in LA TRAVIATA; Verdi’s REQUIEM at the Al Bustan Festival in Beirut; LA BOHEME and Beethoven’s MISSA SOLEMNIS with the Munich Philharmonic.

Born in Lebanon and brought up in Canada, Ms. El-Khoury earned her Bachelor of Music at the University of Ottawa. She received her Artist Diploma from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. She is a First Prize winner in many competitions including: the Loren L. Zachary Competition, the Opera Index Competition, the George London Foundation, and the Mario Lanza Vocal Competition.