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Riders to the Sea-V. Williams/Flambeau de la nuit-Tanguay-Labrosse
BOP/Opéra de Montréal
D'une grande dignité, Allyson McHardy est une mère bouleversante dans sa douleur contenue et sa résignation finale, servie par une voix richement timbrée. (Avant Scène Opéra, Louis Bilodeau, September 26, 2021) De la distribution vocale, d’un bon niveau, se démarquait...
Handel’s The Resurrection … resurrected! July 29 to August 12, 2021
RE-RELEASE OF CANADIAN FILM PREMIERETickets Go On Sale Wednesday, July 21, 2021Available for streaming from July 29, 2021 - August 12, 2021. Opera Atelier is proud to release an audio-described version of Handel’s The Resurrection prepared by Superior Description...
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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.