JoélleHarvey
- Soprano


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.
Harvey begins the 2024-2025 season with an appearance performing Haydn's The Creation with Jane Glover and Music of the Baroque. Season debuts include a concert of Ravel and Boulanger with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, her house debut at the Opéra Royal de Versailles playing the title role of Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea, and Anna Truelove in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress at Des Moines Metro Opera. On the concert platform, Harvey will perform Handel’s Messiah with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Houston Symphony Orchestra. She returns to the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin to perform Mahler's Symphony No. 2, St Louis Symphony Orchestra for a concert of Mozart and will perform a programme of Handel with the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. She will perform Bach's St John's Passion with Orchestra of St Luke's and a concert of Haydn with Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Harvey's recent highlights include a number of appearances with a host of internationally acclaimed organisations. Including performances with The English Concert cond. Harry Bicket, The Cleveland Orchestra cond. Franz Welser- Möst, the LA Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Gustavo Dudamel, Orchestra of St Luke’s cond. Bernard Labadie, Arcangelo cond. Jonathan Cohen and the Deutsches Symphony-Orchester cond. Robin Ticciati. Ms. Harvey has also performed alongside ensembles such as the Cincinnati Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and Philharmonia, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, the New World Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra. On the opera stage Joélle has performed on the greatest stages worldwide, including performing Pamina Die Zauberflote at the Metropolitan Opera and the title role in Handel’s Semele at Glyndebourne Festival 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). She began her career training at Glimmerglass Opera (now The Glimmerglass Festival) and the Merola Opera Program.
Representation
European and Asian Management with Askonas Holt
General Management with Fletcher Artist Management
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)
News
Press
Prom 50: Handel's Samson
Royal Albert Hall, LondonAug 2023Much of Samson is Handel at his best – not least the showstopping finale Let the Bright Seraphim, sung here with diamond brilliance by Joélle Harvey
- Erica Jeal, The Guardian
- 24 August 2023
Semele | Semele
Glyndebourne Opera FestivalJul 2023 - Aug 2023American soprano Joélle Harvey in the title role is a bright, vivacious star,
- Stephen Pritchard, The Guardian
- 29 July 2023
Joelle Harvey an outstanding Semele … Harvey’s singing ranged with equal ease from her sensuous love music to some dazzling coloratura.
- Roy Westbrook, BachTrack
- 24 July 2023
Pamina | Die Zauberflöte
Metropolitan OperaDec 2022 - Dec 2022In 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.
- Chris Ruel, OperaWire
- 19 December 2022
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.
- Oussama Zahr, The New York Times
- 18 December 2022
Aristea | L’Olimpiade
Opernhaus ZürichMar 2022 - Mar 2022Aristea, the contended princess, was Joélle Harvey, who convinced with her silvery soprano,
- Laura Servidei, BachTrack
- 15 March 2022
Susanna | Le nozze di Figaro
The Royal Opera HouseJun 2019 - Jul 2019Harvey’s voice is a ravishing instrument that never ceases to impress
- Mark Valencia, BachTrack
- 02 July 2019
His Susanna, Joëlle Harvey, was superb throughout, though, here making her Royal Opera main stage debut.
- Colin Clarke, Seen and Heard International
- 01 July 2019
Harvey was a poised and stylish Susanna, delightfully light voiced and very characterful.
- Robert Hugill, Opera Today
- 01 July 2019
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.
- The Express
- 07 July 2019