As Hippolyta in the Aix-en-Provence Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream “Scott Conner and Allyson McHardy, in the bespangled throwaway roles of Theseus and Hippolyta, make their mark late on by injecting earthly dignity into the midnight...
As Maffio Orsini in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia with Theater St. Gallen “The mezzo-soprano voice and acting talent of Allyson McHardy leading this musical soundscape guaranteed an exciting evening. McHardy sang this rewarding role with great...
Handel’s Messiah with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Grant Llewellyn “It was Allyson McHardy’s ‘He was despised’ that was the hit of the evening, dark and dramatic, the best of what the TSO version had to...
Reviews of Alcina with Opera Atelier “Allyson McHardy takes pride of place in the “trouser role” of Ruggiero, combining authentic swagger with a warmth of tone and a dramatic intensity that are riveting.” (Toronto Star, 24 October 2014) Read...
Allyson and her Alcina cast mates offer a glimpse into the production at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre “Allyson McHardy as Ruggeiro (Bradamante’s man, but played by a woman) sang a heart-wrenching “Verdi pratiâ€; while she’s a singer who has...
Review: Ligeti’s Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam It is an absolutely extraordinary experience to hear the work live, it was one of the most beautiful – but at the same time the most terrifying – pieces of music I have ever...
Allyson makes her debut as Sara in Roberto Devereux at the Canadian Opera Company “As Sara, Duchess of Nottingham, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy sang her aria “All’afflitto è dolce il pianto” so beautifully that the applause nearly brought the...
Review for Hippolyte et Aricie “As with so many figures from ancient mythology Phaedre is like a chapter from a psychology textbook, a study in pathology as she gives voice to her desire for her step-son and then -when he vanishes-is wracked with guilt. In other...
“Captivating” as Isabella in the Calgary Opera’s production of The Italian Girl in Algiers “The production has an Isabella (the title role) in mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy. McHardy has a wideranging voice of the lyric-mezzo type, and she had...
