(Photos (C) Pomposo Creative Team, Polina Ivanova, Phil Channing, Bregenzer Festspiele/Karl Forster)

Canadian mezzo-soprano Kady Evanyshyn is recognized for her “beautiful, powerful voice and wonderful expressiveness” (Opernglas), her “luminous mezzo-soprano” and “psychologically well-balanced acting” (ORF Kultur), and her “fervor and impressive authenticity” (Opernwelt). In 2025, she was selected for CBC Music’s “30 Classical Musicians under 30” list.

An ensemble member of Staatsoper Hamburg, Kady will debut in 2026/27 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni under the baton of Omer Meir Welber and Zaida in Il turco in Italia, reprise the roles of Flora Bervoix in La traviata, and create the roles of Rosa, Queen of the Fairies in Anna Bergmann’s new production of Humperdinck’s Dornröschen led by Markus Poschner, and as Wendy in the world premiere of Gordon Kampe’s Störtebeker, staged by Martin G. Berger and conducted by Karsten Januschke.

Recent seasons have also seen international house and role debuts as Amore in Sciarrino’s Venere e Adone at Teatro La Fenice, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at Opernhaus Zürich, Charlotte in Werther at Bregenzer Festspiele and Hänsel at the Verbier Festival.

During her time at Staatsoper Hamburg, first as a member of the opera studio before joining the main ensemble, she has worked with esteemed stage directors including Christoph Marthaler, Dmitry Tcherniakov and Tobias Kratzer, performing numerous roles such as Meg Page in Falstaff, Annio in La clemenza di Tito, Ismene in Mitridate, Re di Ponto, Fjodor in Boris Godunov, Siébel in Faust, Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Amore in the world premiere of Venere e Adone under Kent Nagano, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Glascha in Kát’a Kabanová, 2. Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Laura in Luisa Miller, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Agnes in Unseres kleines Scheisskaff – Fucking Åmål, receiving critical acclaim.

A committed performer of contemporary music, Kady premiered Bruce Adolphe’s I Saw How Fragile and Infinitely Precious the World Is at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and Stefano Gervasoni’s Drei Grabschriften at the Focus Festival. She also appeared in Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain and Berio’s Folk Songs with AXIOM.

Kady made her Carnegie Hall debut in recital as part of Renée Fleming’s 2020 Song Studio. She was a semifinalist in the Renata Tebaldi International Voice Competition and a prizewinner in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Gulf Coast Region).

She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Edith Wiens, and received the John Erskine Prize. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kady is an alumna of Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival, and Classic Lyric Arts, and has received support from the Manitoba Arts Council and the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation.