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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 her character. Not enough is written about the...
As Smeton in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Canadian Opera Company
“Allyson McHardy brings exceptional vocals to Smeton, the young musician in love with the queen. Her aria near the end of the first act is exquisite - showcasing her dynamic range and ease in coloratura.” (Broadway World, 7 May 2018) “Canadian mezzo-soprano Allyson...
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A unique vocal colour and commanding stage presence are the hallmarks of performances by mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy. Hailed by Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle as “a singer of enormous imagination and versatility”, she has appeared with the Paris Opera, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Chicago Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Glyndebourne Festival, San Francisco Opera, Boston Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, Warsaw Philharmonic and Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse. Adam Fischer, Seiji Ozawa, Jeremy Rohrer, Kent Nagano, Emmanuelle Haim, Bernard Labadie, Ludovic Morlot, Carlos Kalmar and Jesus Lopez Cobos are among the conductors with whom she has collaborated for performances of works such as L’enfant et les sortileges, La clemenza di Tito, Das Rheingold, Dream of Gerontius and Messiah.
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Handel: Messiah
Music of the Baroque Orchestra
Recorded live in November 2021, Handel’s Messiah features the Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra and soloists Sherezade Panthaki, soprano, Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano, Brian Giebler, tenor, and Matthew Brook, bass-baritone under the direction of Nicholas Kraemer.