"Strawberry Fields seduced me, along with the rest of the audience - not least because of a delicately heartbreaking star turn by Joyce Castle." The New Yorker Joyce Castle creating The Old Lady in Glimmerglass Opera's world premiere of Michel Torke and A.R. Gurney's Strawberry Fields (broacast nationwide on WNET TV (13) and recorded for Ecstatic Records). Read More...

"Joseph Colaneri led the orchestra in a polished and well-paced accompaniment (in Turandot)." (The New York Times) Joseph Colaneri Conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York's Central Park. Read More...

"Casting was luxurious with the famous guests raising the level of the local talent. Joyce Castle, her mezzo atmospherically worn but strongly insinuating, made for a deceptively seedy almost grandmotherly Begbick as the boys were lured in and a toxic dictator as they met their various fates at the hands of her gang." (Kurt Weill Newsletter) Read More...

"The part of the protagonist is murderous for the expressive intensity it requires. The temperament and vocal techniques of Mezzo-soprano Emily Golden are formidable." (Corriere della Sera) Emily Golden in Salammbô, (Phillipe Fénelon, composer), Opéra National de Paris (Bastille) Read More...

"Castle's Augusta in Doe is superb...the Augusta of mezzo-soprano Joyce Castle is the definitive show-stopper of this production. Castle has every nuance of the role clasped in a fist of iron, and she knows how to command your sympathy for this character of missed opportunities. Vocally persuasive, emotionally compelling, this is a portrayal for the books - one in which every note and every gesture is so right that you want to salute her." The Seattle Times Joyce Castle as Augusta Tabor in Central City Opera's production of The Ballad of Baby Doe commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opera's premiere. Read More...