Madam Butterfly
Opera Holland Park
"The supporting roles shouldn't really steal the show, but they do in the form of Alasdair Elliot's expert Goro and Alison Kettlewell's moving Suzuki" (The Guardian)
"Alison Kettlewell's Suzuki and Simon Thorpe's Sharpless were strongly and sympathetically sung" (The Sunday Telegraph)
"A highly expressive Suzuki" (Metro)
"Alison Kettlewell and Simon Thorpe as Suzuki and the Consul movingly convey the heartbreak of their situations. (What's On)
Suzuki: Madama Butterfly/Clonter Opera
“There was a strikingly good Suzuki from Alison Kettlewell”
Sunday Telegraph
“Alison Kettlewell as her servant also has a glorious voice...”
Suzuki: Madama Butterfly/Mid Wales Opera
Liverpool Daily Post
“Alison’s Kate Pinkerton was expertly judged”
Kate Pinkerton: Madam Butterfly/ Royal Albert Hall
Opera
“Alison Kettlewell made Kate Pinkerton into a secondary tragic figure all on her own”
Kate Pinkerton: Madam Butterfly/Royal Albert Hall
Opera
"Special mention must be made of Alison Kettlewell, whose perfectly judged balance of the alien and the sympathetic in the tiny part of Kate Pinkerton added a vital ingredient to the denouement." (Opera Magazine)
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Mary - Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ - Northern Sinfonia (Music Web 2004):
"Alison Kettlewell and Jared Hold, two experienced but relatively young singers (definitely on the up) blended together beautifully as history's most famous parents. Both have vocal warmth, which conveyed the strength of the relationship and they steered us movingly through the ups and downs of their journey from Jerusalem to Egypt."
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Messiah - Aberdeen Choral Society (Aberdeen Press and Journal )
"The soprano Charlotte Kinder and the mezzo Alison Kettlewell proved particularly riveting. Stunning singers their storytelling powers drew the audience into the drama"
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The Opera Group (Mahagonny Songspiel and Trouble in Tahiti) - The Times
"(the) famous Alabama song, delivered with sluttish sensuality by Alison Kettlewell and Kathryn Turpin… The Greek-chorus style jazz trio fo Kettlewell, Robert Gildon and Alexander grove was simply brilliant".
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“There is some fine singing too - this is a double-cast production - especially from Alison Kettlewell as Dorabella and Mark Stone as Guglielmo...”
Dorabella: Cosi fan Tutte/Opera Holland Park
The Times
“There was a German Premiere too. Sullivan’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in which mezzo-soprano Alison Kettlewell convinced again with the velvety lustre of her voice”
Gilbert & Sullivan Gala/Jacques Offenbach Festival, Bad Ems
Bernd-Christoph Maten/Rheinische Zeitung
Alison Kettlewell sings Rosina as the Becky Sharp of opera, her roulades a perfect expression of minxy scheming”
Rosina: The Barber of Seville/ Garden Opera
The Times Robert Thicknesse -
“Alison Kettlewell was radiant as the Mother”
Mother: The Juniper Tree/ Munich Biennale/Almeida Opera
The Independent
“...the first wife, a lyrical, tenderly realised figure excellently acted and sung by Alison Kettlewell”
Mother: The Juniper Tree/Munich Biennale/Almeida Opera
Opera Now
“...the versatile and sensual singing of Alison Kettlewell (Diana).”
Diana: La Calisto/Batignano Festival
Opera