JoélleHarvey

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About Joélle

Acclaimed by the Financial Times as singing one of the "most delectably mellifluous Susanna to have been heard here for some years”, American soprano Joélle Harvey has built a reputation as one of finest singers of her generation, performing major roles on stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Zurich Opera, Teatro La Fenice and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

Her 2026-2027 season includes returns to the Handel & Haydn Society (Handel L’Allegro), Music of the Baroque (Bach B Minor Mass), Philadelphia Orchestra and Houston Symphony (Handel Messiah), New York Philharmonic (Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream), National Symphony Orchestra ('Exsultate, jubilate' with Bernard Labadie) and San Francisco Symphony (Haydn Creation). With The Cleveland Orchestra, she sings a performance of Creation celebrating the conclusion of Franz Welser-Möst’s tenure as Music Director. She will tour the United States with Harry Bicket and The English Concert, for performances of Handel’s Alessandro, and sing a recital with Julius Drake at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

The 2025-2026 season was anchored by the operas of Mozart: her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Pamina in Santa Fe Opera’s new Christopher Luscombe production of The Magic Flute, conducted by Harry Bicket, and a reprisal of Pamina with The Metropolitan Opera.

A native of Bolivar, New York, soprano Joélle Harvey received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in vocal performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

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European and Asian Management with Askonas Holt
General Management with Fletcher Artist Management

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Season Highlights

Oct 2026 - Oct 2026
Symphony Hall, Boston
Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato Handel & Haydn Society Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
Nov 2026 - Nov 2026
Symphony Center, Chicago
J S Bach: Mass in B minor Music of the Baroque Dame Jane Glover (conductor)
Dec 2026 - Dec 2026
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
Handel: Messiah Philadelphia Orchestra Bernard Labadie (conductor)
Dec 2026 - Dec 2026
Jones Hall, Houston
Handel: Messiah Houston Symphony Orchestra Ken-David Masur (conductor)
Jan 2027 - Jan 2027
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Peter Oundjian (conductor)
Mar 2027 - Mar 2027
David Geffen Hall, New York
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream New York Philharmonic Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Apr 2027 - May 2027
US tour
Handel: Alessandro (Lisaura) The English Concert Harry Bicket (conductor)

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Selected Repertoire

Beethoven

Fidelio (Marzelline)

Britten

Albert Herring (Emmie)   •   A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)   •   The Turn of the Screw (Flora)

Copland

The Tender Land (Laurie)

Donizetti

Don Pasquale (Norina)   •   L’elisir d’amore (Adina)

Gilbert & Sullivan

H.M.S. Pinafore (Josephine)   •   The Mikado (Yum-Yum)   •   The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel)

Glass

Orphée (La Princesse)

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice)

Handel

Acis and Galatea (Galatea)   •   Alcina (Morgana)   •   Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra)   •   Saul (Michal)   •   Semele (Semele)   •   Tolomeo (Seleuce)   •   

Humperdinck

Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel)

J. Strauss

Die Fledermaus (Adele)

Massenet

Werther (Sophie)

Monteverdi

L’incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea)

Mozart

Così fan tutte (Despina)   •   Don Giovanni (Zerlina)   •   Idomeneo (Ilia)   •   Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna)   •   Die Zauberflöte (Pamina)

Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld (Eurydice)

Poulenc

Dialogues des Carmélites (Constance)

Purcell

Dido and Aeneas (Belinda)

R. Strauss

Arabella (Zdenka)   •   Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie)

Ravel

L’enfant et les sortilèges (Le feu)

Verdi

Un ballo in maschera (Oscar)   •   Falstaff (Nannetta)

Weber

Der Freischütz (Ännchen)

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Press

  • Prom 50: Handel's Samson

    Royal Albert Hall, London
    Aug 2023

    • Much of Samson is Handel at his best – not least the showstopping finale Let the Bright Seraphim, sung here with diamond brilliance by Joélle Harvey

  • Semele | Semele

    Glyndebourne Opera Festival
    Jul 2023 - Aug 2023

    • American soprano Joélle Harvey in the title role is a bright, vivacious star,

    • Joelle Harvey an outstanding Semele … Harvey’s singing ranged with equal ease from her sensuous love music to some dazzling coloratura.

  • Pamina | Die Zauberflöte

    Metropolitan Opera
    Dec 2022 - Dec 2022

    • In the role of Princess Pamina, soprano Joélle Harvey had an excellent outing. Her voice is a sparkling coloratura, and she used a full range of dynamics and shading, providing a nuanced performance with personality. Her “Ach, ich fühl’s” was dreamy as she floated the high notes pianissimo, including high Bs. Harvey was playful, joyous, torn, in love, devastated… name the emotion, and Harvey nailed it, making her stage presence captivating and engaging.

    • soprano Joélle Harvey made the most of her one magnificent aria, turning it into an alluringly phrased tragedy, her high notes soft, delicate and spinning.

  • Aristea | L’Olimpiade

    Opernhaus Zürich
    Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

    • Aristea, the contended princess, was Joélle Harvey, who convinced with her silvery soprano,

  • Susanna | Le nozze di Figaro

    The Royal Opera House
    Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

    • Harvey’s voice is a ravishing instrument that never ceases to impress

    • His Susanna, Joëlle Harvey, was superb throughout, though, here making her Royal Opera main stage debut.

    • Harvey was a poised and stylish Susanna, delightfully light voiced and very characterful.

    • The American soprano Joėlle Harvey was, if anything, even better as Susanna, singing Mozart's glorious melodies with great sensitivity. I doubt that I have ever heard this role so sympathetically played.

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