Music Review: Soprano Miriam Khalil sings lustrous mix of the familiar and the Arabic

posted on: Apr 21, 2015

Young Lebanese-Canadian lyric soprano Miriam Khalil has started to make a name for herself on Canadian opera and concert stages. The University of Ottawa alumna will be appearing at Chamberfest this summer, as Elvira in #UncleJohn, the po-mo Don Giovanni update by Toronto’s Against the Grain Theatre. Saturday night, she was in town with pianist Julien Leblanc, a frequent collaborator, for a recital that mixed familiar soprano repertoire with Arabic songs that were less well known (at least to non Arabic-speakers).

Source: ottawacitizen.com