Allison Cook

With an extraordinary versatility and vocal range seldom found, Allison Cook's recent seasons have seen a number of important debuts including Teatro alla Scala, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Wiener Festwochen, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie and Teatr Wielki as well as the expansion of her original mezzo repertoire to include roles such as Salome, Marie in Wozzeck, Kundry in Parsifal, Judith in Bluebeard's Castle, Schoenberg's Erwartung, the Duchess of Argyll in Adès's Powder Her Face, Miss Jessel in Britten's The Turn of the Screw, Venus In Tannhauser and the title role in Kaija Saariaho's Emilie. ​ Allison's recent operatic engagements include her role debut as Kundry conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, Foreign Princess in Rusalka in Staatsoper Stuttgart with Oksana Ly