Ashlyn Tymms

mezzo-soprano

“It was velvety-voiced Ashlyn Tymms’ poised, deeply-felt ‘Midnight Song’ that lifted us into another realm altogether.”
Mahler Symphony No. 3, Limelight Magazine, 3.12.22

Mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Tymms has established herself as one of Australia’s most exciting young artists, recently winning the top prize at the 2025 Opera Awards. She made her Opera Australia mainstage debut as Dorothée in Cinderella and returned to sing Ježibaba in Rusalka.

Ashlyn has a particularly strong association with West Australian Opera, where she has performed the title role in Carmen, Ježibaba, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Flora in La traviata, Emilia in Otello, and Lapák and Pásková in The Cunning Little Vixen. In 2026, she sings Olga in Eugene Onegin and reprises her portrayal of Flora. She also joins Opera Queensland as Ježibaba, and Pinchgut Opera as Cain in Scarlatti’s Il primo omicidio.

A sought-after concert soloist, Ashlyn has frequently appeared with the major Australian state orchestras. Her repertoire spans works such as Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and Symphony No. 3, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven’s Ninth with the Melbourne, Queensland, Canberra, Christchurch, and Willoughby Symphony Orchestras; and Mozart’s Requiem with the Canberra and West Australian Symphonies. She performed Bach’s St John Passion with the Melbourne Symphony; Handel’s Messiah with Pinchgut Opera, the Melbourne Symphony, and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (marking her Sydney Opera House debut); and Verdi’s Requiem with the Perth Symphonic Chorus and at the Sydney Town Hall. The upcoming season features appearances with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs for St John Passion and the Sydney Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem, alongside Messiah with the New Zealand and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.

Ashlyn is a committed interpreter of contemporary and chamber music, premiering Melody Eötvös’s Hope. Fear. Anything. and Katy Abbott’s Splitting the Ambivalence with the Flinders Quartet at Melbourne Recital Centre. She has taken on numerous contemporary operatic roles, among them the Stewardess in Jonathan Dove’s Flight for State Opera South Australia, Judith in the world premiere of The Two Sisters with Tête à Tête Opera in the UK, and Fanny Price in Dove’s Mansfield Park for New Zealand Opera.

Additional career highlights include performing Rosimonda in Handel’s Faramondo at the London Handel Festival, touring South Korea in recital with the London Cello Orchestra, and appearing in Japan with Opera Australia. She also sang in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music at Buckingham Palace in a gala hosted by The Prince of Wales.

A graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, where she studied as a HF Music Scholar and completed her Master of Vocal Performance with Distinction, Ashlyn was also awarded the Outstanding Australian Musician Award by the Royal Over-Seas League.

Representation: World

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