‘Piangero La Sorte Mia’ both courtly and poignant. - aka Gazzeta del Serchio. https://www.lagazzettadelserchio.net/parole-e-belcanto-alla-fondazione-ricci-magico-concerto-con-le-allieve-di-bruno-caproni/?-vcTw_aem_MewxPGwqG4dyYjHDsxgBDA&fbclid=IwVERDUAMlm5BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgXFjKtCZwRNcG2fI48GURd1scdxQr1aiFPvjlCqZ46sBfqx_whbhnez69xP_aem_MewxPGwqG4dyYjHDsxgBDA (2025)

Cerys MacAllister and Clover Kane sang with refreshing lustiness as the Bridesmaids Yehuda Shapiro, Opera Magazine (2023)

Once the children have reached the depths of the wood they fall asleep and are looked after by The Sandman, a minor role but superbly sung by Kitty Casey. In many ‘pro-am’ opera companies, and in fully professional ones, secondary roles are too often given to less able performers, but not here. This production is clearly cast from strength, and the same applies to Cerys Macallister as the Dew Fairy. - John Groves, LondonTheatre1 (2023)

Cerys MacAllister is an award-winning soprano from Ireland. She graduated with first-class honors in 2021 from The Royal Irish Academy of Music, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance. There, she studied under the tutelage of Mary Brennan and Dearbhla Collins. Cerys is also a recent graduate of The Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied with Yvonne Howard and Jonathan Papp. During her time at RAM, she was selected to be a part of Song Circle and the Preparatory Opera Course.
In 2020, Cerys was a finalist for the Veronica Dunne International Singing Bursary, and in 2021, she was a finalist in The Glenarm Festival of Voice and the Gervase Elwes Feis Ceoil final. She also won first prize in The Nancy Calthorpe Competition for French Song, the Joseph Plunkett Cup, and the Vincent O’Brien Cup, in addition to receiving a Silver Medal in The Soprano Solo Competition. Moreover, she won the Song Prize in RIAM’s Irene Sandford Competition.
Cerys has participated in various operas at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, including Stephen McNeff’s Banished, Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero, and the international debut of Kevin O'Connell’s DreamCatcher. At RAM, she covered the role of Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and performed as the First Bridesmaid. She recently made her professional debut as The Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel for HGO.
Cerys has premiered new works by Antonino Abbate, including his piece Shall I Compare Thee? with the Baroque ensemble, The Londinium Consort. Most recently, she was selected as a Leeds Lieder Young Artist 2024, where she had the opportunity to perform at The Venue in Leeds Conservatoire and The Howard Assembly Room in Opera North. She also participated in masterclasses with prestigious figures such as Dame Felicity Lott and Sir Thomas Allen.
In her recital at St. James’s Piccadilly, she performed Abbate’s Sail Away. Her most recent premiere was Thoughts on Sound and Silence, a song cycle by Declan Molloy for voice, guitar, and violin. Cerys has also performed in prestigious venues such as The National Museum of Ireland, The RDS, The National Concert Hall Dublin, and The Italian Cultural Institute.

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