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Allyson debuts at the Opéra Comique! She reprises the role of Arcabonne in JC Bach’s Amadis de Gaule
“Also reason to celebrate, Allyson McHardy, who doubles as the wicked fairy Morgane, an impressive force in both sadness and in anger…” (La Croix, 2 January 2012)
“Allyson McHardy’s fiery Arcabonne delivers the goods.” (Financial Times, 5 January 2012)
A magnificent debut as Arcabonne in JC Bach’s rarely staged opera Amadis de Gaule at the Château de Versailles
“the excellent Allyson McHardy in the role of Arcabonne. From the liveliest fury to the very intense sentiments of love, Allyson McHardy perfectly incarnates this ambiguous character.She reveals with great accuracy the complexity of a character that the music of Johann Christian Bach has perfectly designed.” (ConcertoNet, 12 December 2011)
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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.