Joyce Castle

Joyce Castle is an American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher. She has had an international career in operas, musicals, and concerts that has spanned eight decades from the late 1950s into the 2020s. While her repertoire embraces a wide range of musical periods, she is closely associated with contemporary operas, often performing in new works or 20th / 21st century stage works. She was featured on the front cover of Opera Monthly magazine in November 1988. The accompanying feature article on her described her as a performer who "specializes in portraying nuts, mamas, lesbians, nymphomaniacs, witches, and men". Critical commentary of her career has emphasized her strength at embodying powerfully believable and widely diverse characters ranging from tragic to humorous with often scene-stealing impact.