Joélle Harvey

A native of Bolivar, New York, American soprano Joélle Harvey has built a reputation as one of the finest singers of her generation.

The 2025–26 season is anchored by the operas of Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro with the Bayerische Staatsoper and The Magic Flute with Santa Fe Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. She also performs Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with The Cleveland Orchestra, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and J.S. Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Magnificat with the San Francisco Symphony.

An in-demand vocal soloist, Harvey regularly appears with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society, and The English Concert.

On the operatic stage, she has performed at the Glyndebourne Festival, Royal Opera House, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Houston Grand Opera, among others.

Harvey received Second Prize in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. She received degrees in vocal performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.