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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 intensity.” (Oper Aktuell, 14 March 2015)
World Premiere of Enchantments of Gwendolyn
On January 27, 2015 Allyson and pianist Adam Sherkin gave the world premiere of Marjan Mozetich’s setting of four poems by Gwendolyn Macewen. Enchantments of Gwendolyn was commissioned by Canadian Art Song Project and premiered in Toronto. Listen to that performance here:
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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.