Euridice: L’Orfeo / Longborough Festival Opera 2023
“Aoife Miskelly’s affecting and assured Euricide.”
The Arts Desk
“Aoife Miskelly, a lithe and graceful Euridice…”
The Guardian
“Aoife Miskelly (Euridice) has a highly attractive soprano…”
Opera
“Aoife Miskelly is bright and clear as Euridice…”
The Telegraph
Aminta e Fillide / Bridgepoint Baroque Ensemble 2023
“She has a wide-ranging voice, with a lush mezzo quality alongside crystal top notes. She is perfect for Handel, knowing when to sing it straight and when to add just enough vibrato to give the voice that human dimension.”
Rye News
Musetta: La bohème / Welsh National Opera 2022
“Aoife Miskelly enjoyed herself as a glamorous Musetta, singing with jubilant vitality. She was an exuberant diva, flirtatious and flighty in her Café Momus waltz, ‘Quando me’n vo’, irritating Rodion Pogossov’s Marcello and worrying Alistair Moore’s embarrassed and put-upon Alcindoro; but, her sincerity shone in the final Act.”
Opera Today
Idapse: Bajazet / Irish National Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2022
“Aoife Miskelly possesses the most beautiful instrument in the cast, revealing an exquisite pearly soprano in her opening “Nasce rosa lusinghiera”. Miskelly’s “Anche il mar” dazzled with her consistency of tone and confident coloratura.”
Bachtrack
“Aoife Miskelly was a lively Idapse, singing with tremendous precision, especially the turbulent aria ‘Anche il mar.”
Opera
Ino: Semele (Eccles) / Academy of Ancient Music CD 2021
“…Aoife Miskelly’s Ino, especially touching in her unrequited love for Athamas.”
Opera (CD of the Month)
Vixen Sharp-Ears: The Cunning Little Vixen / Welsh National Opera 2019
“Aoife Miskelly here joined a notable roll call of sopranos in the title role: a vibrant and sassy interpretation, both coy and knowing, the voice as lithe as her stage presence.”
Opera
“…sung by Aoife Miskelly with gleeful vitality.”
The Times
Susanna: Le nozze di Figaro / Nevill Holt Opera 2018
“Aoife Miskelly’s Susanna was vocally impressive and acutely characterised, the emphasis on charm and cunning rather than knockabout humour.”
Opera
Despina: Così fan tutte / Northern Ireland Opera 2018
“Aoife Miskelly’s Despina was a vivid creation bringing a vocal touch of knowing, street-savvy cynicism to bear.”
Opera
Snegurochka: The Snow Maiden / Opera North 2017
“Aoife Miskelly’s light, frothy soprano was perfect for Snegurochka, airy and agile in her coloratura entrance aria, fragile and affecting in the finale.”
Bachtrack
“Aoife Miskelly sings the part of the Snow Maiden with a pleasing, flutey tone…”
The Guardian
“Miskelly was a touchingly lovelorn heroine, with a voice that’s capable of crystalline purity and tremulous ardour.”
The Spectator