 Philip Hope-Wallace, "The Guardian" 's music critic, noted that the magic which emanated from the stage came in part from "the silvery top of Joan Carlyle's voice".1962 saw her Pamina in "The Magic Flute" conducted by Otto Klemperer; her first Countess in "Le nozze di Figaro" was under Solti, with Tito Gobbi as the Count.In another opera conducted by Solti in 1967, Carlyle sang the title role in Richard Strauss' "Arabella".