Ashlyn Tymms

Mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Tymms is in demand across Australia for her compelling operatic portrayals and expressive concert performances. 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, she was also awarded the Outstanding Australian Musician Award by the Royal Over-Seas League.

Ashlyn has a particularly strong association with West Australian Opera, where she has performed the title role in Carmen, Ježibaba in Rusalka, 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. She made her Opera Australia mainstage debut as Dorothée in Cinderella and returns in 2025 to reprise Ježibaba in Rusalka.

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, Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's Nelson Mass and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and Beethoven's Ninth with the Melbourne, Queensland and Canberra Symphony Orchestras. She performed Bach's St John Passion with the Melbourne Symphony; Handel's Messiah with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (marking her Sydney Opera House debut); and Verdi's Requiem at the Sydney Town Hall.

Ashlyn is a committed interpreter of contemporary and chamber music, premiering works by Melody Eötvös and Katy Abbott 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.

In 2025, Ashlyn appears with the Melbourne, Canberra, Christchurch and Willoughby Symphony Orchestras, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Perth Symphonic Chorus, Pinchgut Opera, and the Adelaide Baroque Orchestra.