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.
July 2024
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