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De rares mais savoureuses cantates aux Violons du Roy
“La mezzo-soprano anglo-canadienne Allyson McHardy charme comme toujours par la richesse de sa voix.” (Le Soleil, EMMANUEL BERNIER, March 22, 2022)
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque – Handel’s Messiah
Allyson McHardy proved admirable in her moments, wielding her light mezzo sensitively in “But who may abide.” In “He was despised,” the Canadian singer provided a highlight of the evening with a rendering of moving and understated poignance.(Chicago Classical Review,...
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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.