Allyson McHardy

“McHardy has sumptuous mezzo tone, perfect French and noble bearing.”

OPERA NEWS

As Julie Riel in Louis Riel

“added the lustre of her beautiful mezzo-soprano to the powerful maternalism of her character.”

GLOBE AND MAIL

As Marguerite in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust

“In the abandoned Marguerite’s Romance McHardy sang beautifully with touching melancholy expression.”

CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW

As Sara in Roberto Devereux

“Allyson McHardy sang her aria “All’afflitto è dolce il pianto” so beautifully that the applause nearly brought the opera to a halt as soon as it began.”

OPERA NEWS

As Ruggiero in Alcina

“… her warm amber-coloured contralto only grew in power and richness until a fantastically vital, swaggering account of “Sta nell’ircana pietrosa tana” filled with thrilling runs sealed her triumph in the role. It deservedly won the longest ovation of the evening.”

OPERA NEWS

“McHardy has sumptuous mezzo tone, perfect French and noble bearing.”

OPERA NEWS

News

Allyson’s Concert Series show airs on VisionTV, Friday July 25th at 11pm

Jul 15, 2014

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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Seattle Chamber Music Performances Live Streamed

Jul 10, 2014

Allyson makes her first appearance at the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival with performances on July 21 and 23. On July 23rd, she performs Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes with Hyunah Yu, Nicholas Phan, James Westman, Jeewon Park, and Max Levinson. On July 23rd, chamber music enthusiasts are in for a real treat when Allyson performs Kodály’s rarely heard Annie Miller, from Hungarian Folk Music with pianist Jeewon Park as well as Brahms’s Two Songs, Op. 91 with Michael Klotz and Jeewon Park.

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Videos

Allyson McHardy: Resurrection

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  • 29 Jan 2027 - 6 Feb 2027
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  • 20 Mar 2027
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    About

    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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    Latest Album

    Handel: Messiah (Live in Chicago)

    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.