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As she should, Ashley Kay Armstrong, in the title role, rules.

- Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader

BIOGRAPHY

Praised for her “velvety voice” (Chicago Tribune) and “rich resonant sound,” powerhouse mezzo-soprano Ashley Kay Armstrong’s “star power” “lights up the stage,” delivering riveting performances to audiences nationwide.

In the 2024/2025 season, Ms. Armstrong returns to Boheme Opera NJ to debut as Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti and reprises Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Teatro Lirico D’Europa, the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, and Light Opera of New Jersey.

Highlights of the 2023/2024 season include her company debut with Teatro Lirico D’Europa as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. In the 2022/2023 season, she revisited the role of Hannah After in Kaminsky’s As One with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, made her Boheme Opera NJ debut as Suzuki, and performed Třetí žínka in Rusalka with Opera Idaho.

In the 2021/2022 season, Ms. Armstrong debuted as The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with North Shore Music Festival and returned to Opera Santa Barbara for her role debut as Hannah After. During the 2020/2021 season, she starred as Hansel in Bel Cantanti Opera’s filmed production of Hansel and Gretel. She was also scheduled to debut as Jo March in Adamo’s Little Women (Opera Santa Barbara), Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel (Cedar Rapids Opera), and Sister Lilliane in Dead Man Walking (Opera Idaho), but these were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other notable performances include Olga in Eugene Onegin, Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible, and Véronique in Le docteur Miracle with Opera Santa Barbara; Javotte in Manon with Opera Idaho; and roles in The Threepenny Opera and Brigadoon with Cedar Rapids Opera.

A Semi-Finalist for the American Prize in Art Song, Ms. Armstrong is represented by Encompass Arts.