Joanna Harries - mezzo-soprano

“Harries sang with conviction and emotional force..."
THE TIMES

"The stylish mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries..."
OPERA MAGAZINE

British/New-Zealand mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries was a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio, and recently made debuts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican and Opera Rara and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

A keen recitalist, she is a City Music Foundation artist and has performed at Oxford International Song Festival, the Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham and Snape Maltings as a Britten-Pears Young Artist. Her debut song album Letters from Scandinavia with pianist Sholto Kynoch is released in 2025.

Recent opera roles include at Buxton International Festival, Opera North (Little Listeners), Opera Holland Park and West Green House Opera.

She is co-founder of SongPath, bringing together music and mental health in nature, most recently at the London Handel Festival.