Kady Evanyshyn

Canadian mezzo-soprano Kady Evanyshyn is a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Hamburg, where her roles include Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), 2. Magd (Elektra), Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Laura (Luisa Miller), and Glascha (Katja Kabanova). A 2020 participant of Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, Kady’s broad repertoire ranges from the music of Purcell and Rameau to numerous world premieres. Her recent concert performances include: J.S. Bach’s Ich habe genug, conducted by Simone Dinnerstein, Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs, conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky, and the world premiere of Stefano Gervasoni’s Drei Grabschriften for mezzo-soprano and piano. Kady is an alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy, and has received prizes from the Gerda Lissner Foundation and the Winnipeg Music Festival. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Edith Wiens.