Behind the Arras – Un Ballo in Maschera – Welsh National Opera
“Oscar was sung quite beautifully on Press night by young Derbyshire soprano Harriet Eyley. Her huge voice belies her diminutive size. It is a voice with a wonderful warmth, clarity, and tone and she exudes charm on stage, and, in this role, a sense of mischief and fun whenever she appears. Definitely one to watch.”
06/03/2019
http://www.behindthearras.com/Reviewspr/2019/reviewsPRjan-mar/un-ballo-in-maschera-WNO03-19.html
21/03/2019
Opera Magazine – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The cast’s well-schooled voices showed their mettle, achieving striking impact. As Tytania, Harriet Eyley emitted sprays of notes that shot out like balls of mercury.
Opera Magazine 05/2018
21/04/2018
Seen and Heard International – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Her coloratura is secure…within magnificent technique. She was at her best – and very memorable indeed- when the ass was wooing her.”
http://seenandheard-international.com/2018/03/having-your-midsummer-nights-dream-and-eating-it/
Seen and Heard International 07/03/2018
Opera Today – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Harriet Eyley was, as Tytania, once again tremendously glossy of voice, adding some much needed glamour.”
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2018/03/a_midsummer_nig.php
Opera Today 07/03/2018
Bach Track – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Eyley, magnetic, big-voiced and bright-toned.”
https://bachtrack.com/review-midsummer-nights-dream-liam-steel-royal-college-music-london-march-2018
Bach Track 06/03/2018
Opera Magazine – The Cunning Little Vixen
As the Vixen, the soprano Harriet Eyley displayed thrilling brightness and vocal intensity, conveying the character’s vulnerability as well as her confidence and insouciance. In the moonlit interlude her soaring lyrical lines blazed with passion.
Opera Magazine 10/02/2018
Classical Source – The Cunning Little Vixen
Classical Source – The Cunning Little Vixen
“Harriet Eyley is a triumph as the Vixen, captivating vocally and dramatically and conveying a lovely innocence and ferocity.”
http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=15028
Classical Source 01/12/2017
Back Track – The Cunning Little Vixen
Back Track – The Cunning Little Vixen
“Harriet Eyley gave a sparky performance as Vixen, subversive in the farmyard and touching as she discovered first love. She was generous with her higher register and there’s clear technique behind her singing.”
https://bachtrack.com/review-cunning-little-vixen-slater-rosewell-royal-college-music-november-2017
Back Track 27/11/2017
Opera Today – Les mamelles de Tirèsias
‘It also needs a sterling Thérèse to initiate the absurdities and sustain the (in)credibility of the ensuing preposterousness, and in Harriet Eyley, the RCM were blessed with a fine singing actress who projected imposingly but with a vocal warmth which assuaged some of Thérèse’s feisty unreasonableness. The challenging coloratura was sung with penetrating precision and a sparkle of panache.’
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2017/07/a_french_double.php
01/07/2017
The Critic’s Circle – Faramondo – The London Handel Festival 2017
“Soprano Harriet Eyley as Clotilde sang with volume which belied her diminutive stature, and summed up the confusions all around as she delivered a despairing monologue aria while swigging from a gin bottle.”
The Critic's Circle 27/03/2017
Classical Source – Faramondo – The London Handel Festival 2017
“Harriet Eyley appeared as a demure Clotilde, Faramondo’s sister, but her solid singing suggested otherwise, and she emerged with triumphant vigour in the memorable and virtuosic aria ‘Combatutta da due venti’ (the opera’s hit number) which she enacted slickly and amusingly.”
http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=14405
Classical Source 24/03/2017
Planet Hugill – Faramondo – The London Handel Festival 2017
“Harriet Eyley really grasped the opportunities offered to her, and faced with a performance of such engaging charm and vivid vitality, had the gift of not just being able to sing the arias, but to make us believe in them, her gamine charm coming over and winning our hearts.”
http://www.planethugill.com/2017/03/a-problem-no-more-william-reltons.html
Planet Hugill 24/03/2017
Opera Today – Faramondo – The London Handel Festival 2017
“Soprano Harriet Eyley sparkled as a gamine Clotilde.”
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2017/03/london_handel_f.php
Opera Today 22/03/2017
The Stage – Faramondo – The London Handel Festival 2017
“Harriet Eyley is spirited as Faramondo’s sister Clotilde.”
The Stage 22/03/2017
The Guardian – Faramondo – The London Handel Festival 2017
“…particularly outstanding; Eyley, silver-toned and effortless, is by turns virtuosic and exquisite.”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/21/faramondo-review-london-handel-festival
The Guardian 22/03/2017
Radio 3 Intune live broadcast with Sean Rafferty
“…overwhelmed by her passion for the music and also her beautiful singing.”
Laurence Cummings 22/02/2017
RCM Britten Theatre
“You are filling a theatre with personhood and beauty”
Edith Weins 22/01/2017
