Allyson
Bennett
Schedule
Upcoming Engagements
Description
Composer - Steven Bergman
Librettist - John Shea
Director - Peter A Carey
Suzannah - Allyson Bennett
Molly - Dru Daniels
Slim/Judge - Dylan Evans
Donald - Robert Orzalli
This new folk opera from composer Steven Bergman (“Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical”) and lyricist John Shea tells the tale of Molly, a single mom living a dead-end life, with her dead-end step-father, Donald. When her sister, Suzannah and current boyfriend, Jim, return home from the road immersed in a drug-filled haze, Molly learns that Donald and Suzannah are conspiring against Molly and Jim. Under the influence of meth, Suzannah and Donald plot to get rid of Jim so that they can be together romantically, threatening Molly if she doesn’t help them. A haunting string-based score provides the background for this desperate drama, ripped from the headlines.
Allyson Bennett
Performer
Dates
Biography
Allyson Bennett is a classical vocalist with a passion for operatic & song repertoire.
Originating the role of Suzannah in the world premiere of Murder, Meth & Mayhem, Allyson sang with EAH Productions at the Providence Fringe Festival in summer 2025. She recently made her The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts debut as a winner of the VSA International Musicians Award Program and soon after performed there again in a scene as Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) with the AAMS Emerging Artists Program. She performed a solo recital with the Montpelier Arts Center in Maryland, and covered the title role of Tosca with Opera51.
An active competitor, Ms. Bennett was recented granted an Encouragement Award with the Wagner Society of New York Singers Competition (2025). Allyson won First Place for Rising Talents of the Americas 2020 with the Great Composers Competition series, and was named Boston District Winner by The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in (2022, 2023, 2024). She was awarded Third Place prize in the Vienna New Year's Concert International Music Competition (2024).
She has performed notable roles such as Tosca (Tosca), First Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Eva (An American Dream), Madame Lidoine (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Mimì (La Bohème), Meg Page (Falstaff) and Valletto (L’incoronazione di Poppea). Her partial role credits include Nedda in Pagliacci and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni through New England Conservatory of Music, and Senta in Der fliegende Holländer with the Boston Wagner Institute.
Noteworthy concerts in recent years include a solo recital with the Montpelier Arts Center in Maryland, a guest soloist appearance with Parkway Concert Orchestra, premiering Flora Sun’s “難波津に (Naniwa-zu ni)”, appearing with NEC’s Wind Ensemble singing Dvořák’s Song to the Moon, performing Elena Firsova's The Birth of a Smile in Russian with trombone quartet and vibraphone, and creating a solo-produced a benefit recital to fundraise for Breonna Taylor's family with Sparrow Live.
Ms. Bennett is an alumna of New England Conservatory of Music, as well as young artist programs such as Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Ms. Bennett studies under Jane Eaglen. For more information, please visit allysonbennett.com.
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