REVIEWS

“Alwyn Mellor takes full advantage of the vocal opportunities presented by Micaëla’s music, blossoming into her third act aria with gorgeous amplitude.”
Micaëla: Carmen / Welsh National Opera / The Daily Telegraph

“Alwyn Mellor is the vocally radiant, positive and heroic Micaëla.”
Micaëla: Carmen / Welsh National Opera / The Times

“…a well equipped dramatic soprano with no vices and she made the character completely convincing…”
Wally: La Wally / Chelsea Opera Group / Musical Pointers

“She fulfilled easily the enormous demands of the piece, which are almost of a Wagnerian nature. Here she reaches the maximum intimacy and transfiguration.”
The Kingdom / MDR Symphony Orchestra / Leipzig Almanach

“Alwyn Mellor was wonderfully clear in tone, and utterly expressive at every point, though most entrancingly in her Act Two monologue.””
Fiordiligi: Così fan tutte / Welsh National Opera / Daily Info, Oxford

“…the cast is musically superb, with perfect symmetry between the lovers, Alwyn Mellor (Fiordiligi), Nora Sourouzian (Dorabella), Mark Wilde (Ferrando) and Neal Davies (Gugliemo), and the two worldly–wise cynics, Donald Maxwell (Don Alfonso) and Linda Kitchen (Despina).”
Fiordiligi: Così fan tutte / Welsh National Opera / Plymouth Evening Herald

“…there is an outstanding Fiordiligi in Alwyn Mellor, who has all the makings of a top–class Mozart dramatic soprano.”
Fiordiligi: Così fan tutte / Welsh National Opera / The Times

“Alwyn Mellor’s Elvira was outstanding…”
Donna Elvira: Don Giovanni / Canadian Opera Company / Opera

“Alwyn Mellor, with a bigger, fuller sound than her female colleagues pssessed, had the measure of Elettra, whether angry in ‘Tutte nel cor’ or more gentle in ‘Idol mio’...”
Elettra: Idomeneo / Chelsea Opera Group / www.classicalsource.com

“Gwyn Hughes Jones (Rodolfo) was touchingly tamed by the gentleness of Alwyn Mellor’s dream-chasing Mimi...”
Mimì: La bohème / Welsh National Opera / Daily Info, Oxford

“The cast is headed by Alwyn Mellor as Marenka, her liquid soprano voice moulding these exquisite arias with a nice unforced tone, while at the same time capturing your sympathy as the bride who believes she has been bartered.”
Marenka: The Bartered Bride / Opera North / Yorkshire Post

"...Alwyn Mellor, who plays Elektra's sister Chrysothemis, nearly stole the show with her performance. Overall a very powerful cast of singers, but these two really (Susan Bullock and Alwyn Mellor) stood out for me."
BLOGTO

"Alwyn Mellor makes for a very strong Chrysothemis, her voice rising evenly and powerfully to the precipitous heights of the role."
Concerto.Net

"By contrast, the soprano Alwyn Mellor gives us a touching and convincing Chrysothemis with her luminous voice and presence."
Forum Opéra

“British soprano Alwyn Mellor gave Elektra's hapless sister Chrysothemis more heft than usual, to good effect.”
Chrysothemis: Elektra / Canadian Opera Company / Toronto Star

"To round things out, soprano Alwyn Mellor claims her own piece of the stage as Elektra's sister Chrysothemis and holds her own in the face of these two powerful performances (Susan Bullock and Ewa Podles) to complete a performance triangle that is virtually unassailable.”
Chrysothemis: Elektra / Canadian Opera Company / Toronto Sun

“Alwyn Mellor, oozing repression and torrential top notes is the superlative Chrysothemis….”
Chrysothemis: Elektra / Opera North / The Guardian

“Alwyn Mellor’s thrilling, sensuous Chrysothemis…”
Chrysothemis: Elektra / Opera North / The Sunday Times

“Soprano Alwyn Mellor sang two Mozart arias, the indignant and vengeful ‘Alma Grande’ and the melodramatic ‘Bella mia fiamma’, with conviction and technical fluency...”
Mozart: Concert Arias / BBC Philharmonic / Yorkshire Post

“Her laser-beam top notes and a touch of vocal wildness recalled none other than Leonie Rysanek.”
Chrysothemis: Elektra / Canadian Opera Company / Opera

“Alwyn Mellor, last year’s Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, was a lady–like Alice who floated some silvery tones…”
Alice Ford: Falstaff / Santa Fe Opera / Opera Japonica

“…Judith Christin, Alwyn Mellor and Kathleen Kuhlmann served superbly as Meg Page, Alice Ford and Mistress Quickly.”
Alice Ford: Falstaff / Santa Fe Opera / San Diego Online

“...Alwyn Mellor, as Alice Ford, made a terrific impression. Here is a singer with the control to toss off the laughing "Merry Wives of Windsor" solo and the comic verve to spar with Falstaff during their "love" scene...”
Alice Ford: Falstaff / Santa Fe Opera / SFCV.org

“Soprano Alwyn Mellor was especially impressive in the dramatic moments.”
A Sea Symphony Hall / Usher Hall / Edinburgh News

“Alwyn Mellor brings a substantial and beautiful soprano to the role of the saintly Agathe, singing both of her arias with exquisite poise.”
Agathe: Der Freischütz / English National Opera / Sunday Times

“Alwyn Mellor’s Agathe, her two big numbers sung with heart–melting beauty…”
Agathe: Der Freischütz / English National Opera / The Times

“Fortunately Alwyn Mellor's Senta was possessed of a strength and radiance of voice and presence sufficient to project a character capable of demonstrating that her convictions were more than mere infantile fantasy, hitting the notes fearlessly in her Act 2 ballad."
Senta: Der fliegende Holländer / Welsh National Opera / Wagner News