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Allyson with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Allyson is in Amsterdam preparing for performances of Ligeti’s Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Nott on September 25, 26 & 28. For more information visit the Concertgebouw website
Allyson’s Concert Series show airs on VisionTV, Friday July 25th at 11pm
The TV show formed from the live taping at the Zoomerplex in May will be aired for the first time on VisionTV, Friday, July 25th at 11pm EST. Allyson offers a program taking us from a saucy Carmen and bewitching Rosina to the plaintive emotions of Xerxes’ Ombra mai fu. Check your local lisitngs for details or visit the VisionTV website.
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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.