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  • 04 April 2024

    Askonas Holt welcomes soprano Joélle Harvey

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  • 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.