A LLISON
POHL
soprano
Soprano Allison Pohl's vivacious stage presence and spirited singing have inspired enthusiastic responses across three continents. Her work has received positive reviews for her “sparkling voice” (outerstage.com) and “exuberant” performances (Opera News). Of her performance in L'elisir d'amore at Virginia Opera, The Washington Post wrote: “Allison Pohl stood out with a ripe, flavorful soprano and ample character.”
Her 2023-2024 engagements include Violetta in La Traviata at Opera Bend, Social Worker/Reporter in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at Seattle Opera, Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at Tacoma Opera, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at Vashon Opera, a solo recital in Freeport, NY; Handel’s Messiah with Symphony Tacoma, several concerts curated by Maestro Keith Lockhart of the Boston Pops; and debuts with Seattle Chamber Music Society and Brevard Music Center Orchestra.
Allison’s 2024/2025 season will feature return appearances with Bremerton Symphony, Vashon Opera, and the Listen Live at Lunch concert series; and her debut with Wenatchee Valley Symphony.
Allison has appeared with opera companies and orchestras throughout the United States, including Seattle Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Virginia Opera, Opera Saratoga, Tacoma Opera, Vashon Opera, Opera in the Heights, Opera Providence, Opera on the James, Seattle Symphony, Canton Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, Bremerton Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, Garden State Philharmonic, Harmonia Seattle, and SkyOpera, and has been a soloist for orchestral tours in both Italy and China.
Favorite roles recently performed include both Countess and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Nannetta in Falstaff, Norina in Don Pasquale, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Musetta in La Bohème, and Yum-Yum in The Mikado.
As a member of Soprello, Allison has performed chamber music across North America with cellist Alistair MacRae. She is the Artistic Director of Vashon Opera, a Seattle Opera Career Grant recipient, winner of the Seattle Philharmonic Concerto Competition, is on faculty at Brevard Music Center, and holds degrees from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music and Boston University.
Recent Roles & Performances
2024-2025 Season
Nannetta in Falstaff - Vashon Opera - May 23rd and 25th, 2025
Soprano soloist - Carmina Burana - Wenatchee Valley Symphony - April 12th & 13th, 2025
Soloist - Poulenc's Gloria - Bremerton WestSound Symphony - December 15th, 2024
Soloist - Songs of Richard Strauss - Rainier Symphony - November 16th & 17th, 2024
Chamber Music: Soprello - Symphony Tacoma Gala - September 6th, 2024
Chamber Music - Listen Live at Lunch Concert Series with Xiaohui Yang, pianist, and Alistair MacRae, cellist - August 28th, 2024
2023-2024 Season
Brevard Music Center Orchestra - soloist for Spirit in Motion by Errollyn Wallen: July 13, 2024
Seattle Chamber Music Society - The Concert Truck
Seward Park: June 23, 2024 at 12pm
Warren G. Magnuson Park: June 23, 2024 at 7pm
Westlake Park: June 25, 2024 at 11:30am
Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden: June 25, 2024 at 5pm
Violetta in La Traviata - Opera Bend (Oregon)
April 19, 20, & 21, 2024
Solo Recital - Freeport Memorial Library Concert Series (NY) - March 22nd, 2024
Social Worker / Reporter 1 in X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X - Seattle Opera - February 24 & 25; March 1, 3, 6, & 9, 2024
Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire - Tacoma Opera - February 9th, 10th, & 11th, 2024
Soprano soloist, Handel’s Messiah - Symphony Tacoma - December 15th, 2023
Recitals - Ukranian & Polish music:
Northwest Focus Live on KING FM - November 10th, 2023
Polish Home Association - November 16th, 2023
Lakewold Gardens - November 17th, 2023
Stage7Pianos - December 2nd, 2023
Solo and Chamber Music Recital - Smithsonian Journeys: Symphony on the St. Lawrence - October 2023
Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro - Vashon Opera - September 15th & 17th, 2023
Chamber Music - Listen Live at Lunch Concert Series - August 23rd, 2023
Chamber Music: Soprello - Brevard Music Center Chamber Series - August 2nd, 2023
2022-2023 Season
Solo Recital - Mother’s Day concert, Lakewold Gardens - May 14th, 2023
Soprano soloist - Mozart’s Missa Brevis in B-flat - Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra - March 18th & 19th, 2023
Chamber Music: Soprello - Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Series - February 14th, 2023
Soprano soloist - Bach’s Magnificat, Harmonia Seattle - February 4th, 2023
Soprano soloist - Dvorak’s Te Deum, Bremerton WestSound Symphony - December 18th, 2022
Soprano soloist - Mozart Requiem, Harmonia Seattle - November 12th, 2022
Musetta in La Bohème highlights concert, SkyOpera - September 27th, 2022
Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos, Vashon Opera - September 2nd & 4th, 2022
Chamber Music: Soprello - concert with flute and piano - Listen Live at Lunch Concert Series - August 24th, 2022
Soprano Soloist - Mozart Requiem - Symphony Tacoma - June 4th, 2022
Soloist - 6 songs by Richard Strauss, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra at Benaroya Hall - April 9th, 2022
Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, SkyOpera - January 23rd, 2022