The Ligeti Requiem with Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony “Stepping forward for the Sequentia were soprano Audrey Luna and mezzo Allyson McHardy to heroically accomplish the vocal cliff-diving of Ligeti’s absurdly spaced intervals…McHardy brought a...
Review of Mahler 2 with the Niagara Symphony “Allyson McHardy’s mezzo-soprano was warm and inviting. She began the fourth movement with the gentle caress of her voice. Her interpretation of the fifth-movement text “Dein ist, ja dein” was strong and certain.” (The...
Mozart’s Requiem with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Maestro John Storgards “…Allyson McHardy’s attractive, blue-suede mezzo..” (Artsfile, May 17 2017) “Allyson McHardy held court with a gilded mezzo-soprano tone that has set her apart from her...
As Julie Riel in Harry Somers’ Louis Riel at the Canadian Opera Company with Johannes Debus conducting “Russell Braun (As Riel) was extremely powerful all evening. As was Allyson McHardy as Riel’s mother, adding the lustre of her beautiful mezzo-soprano to the...
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the LA Master Chorale and Grant Gershon. “Allyson McHardy’s plangent mezzo-soprano was heartwarming in Agnus Dei.” (Classical Voice, January 23 2017) “Mezzo-Soprano Allyson McHardy was the standout of the...
As Marguerite in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust at the Grant Park Music Festival “Marguerite doesn’t show up until the second half in Berlioz’s version but Allyson McHardy made the most of her belated appearance as Faust’s doomed...
As Suzuki in Madame Butterfly with the Vancouver Opera “Suzuki…poignantly portrayed by Allyson McHardy” (Vancity buzz, 7 March 2016) “As Suzuki, Butterfly’s servant and only confidant, mezzo Allyson McHardy makes the most of her telling...
With the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Bernard Labadie in a Semi-staged performance of Mozart’s Requiem, directed by Joel Ivany “Allyson McHardy held court with a gilded mezzo-soprano tone that has set her apart from her contemporaries.” (Toronto...
As Suzuki in the Opéra de Montréal’s Madama Butterfly “Among the other principal roles, the discovery of two beautiful and powerful dark voices: the Canadian mezzo Allyson McHardy and the American baritone Morgan Smith, she in the role of the servant...
