Canadian mezzo-soprano Kady Evanyshyn, praised for her “beautiful, powerful voice and wonderful expressiveness” (Opernglas), is quickly gaining international acclaim. Critics have highlighted her “luminous mezzo-soprano” and “psychologically well-balanced acting” (ORF Kultur), with Opernwelt noting her “fervor and impressive authenticity.” In 2025, she was named to CBC Music’s “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians under 30” list.

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In the 2025–2026 season, Kady continues as an ensemble member of Staatsoper Hamburg. She will debut in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Tobias Kratzer and Omer Meir Wellber, Mahler’s Die Unruhenden in a new production of Christoph Marthaler, and as Dritte Magd in Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production of Elektra. She also reprises roles including Flora/La traviata, Hänsel/Hänsel und Gretel, and 2. Dame/Die Zauberflöte. At the end of the season, she makes her debut at Teatro La Fenice as Amore in Sciarrino’s Venere e Adone.

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Her recent debuts include Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at Opernhaus Zürich, Charlotte in Werther at Bregenzer Festspiele, and Hänsel at the Verbier Festival.

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Having joined the Staatsoper Hamburg in 2019 as a studio member and remaining with the company as an ensemble member from 2022, Kady has performed numerous roles such as Meg Page/Falstaff, Annio/La clemenza di Tito, Ismene/Mitridate, Fjodor/Boris Godunov, Siébel/Faust, Tisbe/La Cenerentola, Amore in the world premiere of Venere e Adone under Kent Nagano, Glascha/Kát’a Kabanová, Zaide/Il Turco in Italia, Laura/Luisa Miller, Kate Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly, and Agnes in Unseres kleines Scheisskaff – Fucking Åmål, a role for which she received critical acclaim.

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Contemporary music has been a cornerstone of Kady’s career. She was the first singer to perform at the Goddard Space Flight Center, premiering Bruce Adolphe's I Saw How Fragile and Infinitely Precious the World Is for mezzo-soprano, cello, and pre-recorded electronics. She also sang the world premiere of Stefano Gervasoni’s Drei Grabschriften at Focus Festival and performed the role of Claire in the West Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain at Music Academy of the West. Other recent highlights include Berio’s Folk Songs with AXIOM in Alice Tully Hall, conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky, Druckman’s Animus II for Juilliard ChamberFest, and Edgar David Grana’s Tashi Tibet at the National Opera Center. In previous seasons Kady has worked with ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet and the ÆON Music Ensemble.

 

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 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Gulf Coast Region, 2023).

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She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Edith Wiens. While at Juilliard, she was awarded both the John Erskine Prize for exceptional scholastic and artistic achievement and the Novick Career Advancement Grant. 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.