Feb 27, 2020
Concert de l’année – Québec Le vaisseau fantôme de Wagner Festival d’opéra de Québec, François Girard, mise en scène, Jacques Lacombe, chef, Gregory Dahl, baryton, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, basse, Johanni van Oostrum, soprano, Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano,...
Jan 31, 2020
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...
Jul 30, 2019
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...
Jul 30, 2019
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...
Mar 10, 2019
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.”...
Nov 16, 2018
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...
Nov 16, 2018
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...
Apr 9, 2018
Watch the TSO’s performance of Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation on YouTube To commemorate Remembrance Day, the TSO presented Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation, a soul-searching work by Canadian composer Jeffrey Ryan and Suzanne Steele, Canada’s war poet in...
Jul 20, 2017
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...
