Praised for her “commanding stage presence, strikingly rich voice and an innate sense of comedic timing” (Operawire) and her “superb technique” (The Berkeley Daily Planet) Allison Gish is a contralto based in New York. This season, she made her solo debuts in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Greater Newburgh Symphony), Beethoven’s Mass in C (Greenwich Choral Society), Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (Berkshire Bach Society), and closed out the season with her Carnegie Hall solo debut in Mozart’s Regina Coeli and Coronation Mass with MidAmerica Productions.  On the opera stage, she has sung Mezzo 2 in Ricky Ian Gordon's Tibetan Book of the Dead, Principessa in Suor Angelica, Madame de Croissy in Dialogues of the Carmelites,  Fricka in Die Walkure, Dryade and the title role in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, a performance deemed a “knockout” (Reaction, Operawire). She is also sought-after professional choral artist, performing with New York City’s top ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic Chorus, Voices of Ascension, Bard Festival Chorale, and the American Classical Orchestra Chorus.