Soprano
A native of Bolivar, New York, American soprano Joélle Harvey has built a reputation as one of the finest singers of her generation, performing major roles on the world’s opera and concert stages.
Ms. Harvey’s 2026-27 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), 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. Season debuts include the Pittsburgh Symphony (Carmina Burana) and Baltimore Symphony (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony). Ms. Harvey also tours the United States with Harry Bicket and The English Concert, for performances of Handel’s Alessandro.
The 2025-26 season featured debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Washington National Opera 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, in their holiday presentation. She performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with The Cleveland Orchestra (Franz Welser-Möst); Mahler’s 4th Symphony in her Philadelphia Orchestra debut (Dalia Stasevska); Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Magnificat with the San Francisco Symphony (Bernard Labadie); and Bach Cantatas with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
