2020 JUNO Nomination!

2020 JUNO Nomination! Classical Album of the Year : Vocal or Choral Healey Willan:Summer Night Canadian Art Song Project  Peter Barret Martha Guth Allyson McHardy Helen Becqué “Allyson McHardy held court with a gilded mezzo-soprano tone that has set her apart from her...

Le vaisseau fantôme au Festival d’opéra de Québec

Le vaisseau fantôme au Festival d’opéra de Québec “…la mezzo Allyson McHardy, en nourrice, chante et joue bellement un rôle trop court.” (Le Soleil, Josianne Desloges, 30 juillet, 2019) “In the short role of Mary, Allyson McHardy had a...

Calgary Philharmonic Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Calgary Philharmonic Mendelssohn’s Elijah “Allyson McHardy smooth and rich-sounding in the mezzo role, and with a fine rendition of O Rest in the Lord,” (Calgary Herald, Kenneth DeLong, March 31, 2019)       “Allyson McHardy held court with...

Hippolyta in Opera Philadelphia’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Hippolyta in Opera Philadelphia’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream “Evan Hughes and Allyson McHardy came close to stealing the show as Theseus and and Hippolyta, dominating their scenes with charisma, aristocratic hauteur and superlative singing.”...

VSO Dvořák Stabat Mater

VSO Dvořák Stabat Mater “(Maestro)Tausk’s latest performances came last weekend: a concert designed to commemorate the end of World War I with Antonin Dvořák’s Stabat mater (1877) for a quartet of soloists (including wonderful mezzo Allyson McHardy), large...

Opera Atelier’s Actéon and Pygmalion

Opera Atelier’s Actéon and Pygmalion “Allyson McHardy’s brief performance of Pygmalion’s jilted love interest Céphise was at once sympathetically alluring as it was entirely dominant of the action.  After hearing McHardy, I wanted an opera entirely about...

Mentorship with Iranian soprano Shahrzad Dastoornezhad

Mentorship with Iranian soprano Shahrzad Dastoornezhad Allyson is thrilled to announce the beginning of her mentorship with Iranian soprano Shahrzad Dastoornezhad under the Toronto Arts Council Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship program. The program is designed to...

Dora Nominations for Louis Riel

Dora Nominations for Louis Riel The Canadian Opera Company’s production of Louis Riel has been nominated in multiple categories for the 2017 Dora awards, including Peter Hinton for Outstanding Direction, Russell Braun for Outstanding Male Performance and Outstanding...