“Only one element of the performance truly comes alive. Elizabeth Llewellyn’s Amelia shines brightly: as well as negotiating one of Verdi’s trickiest arias with elegant aplomb and crowning the wonderful Council Chamber ensemble with glory, she also makes the girl’s hopes and fears vivid, suggesting that innocent womanhood can point the way out of the mess that men have made of the world.”

— Rupert Christiansen, Daily Telegraph

“Elizabeth Llewellyn continues to fulfil her promise… [with] her powerful and lyrical soprano.”

— Daily Telegraph

“[ETO] fielded a far superior Amelia, the rising lyric soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn.”

— Hugh Canning, Sunday Times

“Rising star Elizabeth Llewellyn confirms her excellence as an Amelia of gleaming lyricism, musically distinguished and dramatically sympathetic.”

— The Stage

“The exception of Elizabeth Llewellyn’s gleaming Amelia…”

— Guardian

“There is, however, one very good reason to catch this Boccanegra and that is an Amelia of distinction from Elizabeth Llewellyn, marking her Verdi debut. She has a lovely, rich lyric soprano and a formidable technique. The little dynamic swells within Amelia’s opening aria ‘Come in quest’ora bruna’…were beautifully controlled and she phrases in long legato lines.”

— Opera Britannia

“…a sensational Amelia, who dispatched her passages with sentiment and confidence throughout.”

— Bach Track

“Elizabeth Llewellyn…gives a performance of great lyrical beauty and is clearly a talent which has huge potential.”

— What’s on Stage

“Elizabeth Llewellyn, as the lost daughter Amelia/Maria, has a sensuous voice.”

— The Express

“The highlight of this production is the singing of Elizabeth Llewellyn (Amelia) in the only major female role. Her voice, with wisps of smoke and undercurrents of honey in it, is a sound to bathe in. If touring opera companies can bring voices of such quality to be heard live in these roles by local audiences, their existence and value can’t be questioned.”

— Herald Scotland

“The star of the evening was Elizabeth Llewellyn as his daughter Amelia… nicely varying her tone on her emotional roller-coaster.”

— York Press

24th November 2013: Jump-in for concert performance with Sir Mark Elder / Hallé Orchestra

“Two outstanding artists dominated here. Alongside the smooth-toned Boccanegra… we heard Elizabeth Llewellyn’s gleaming Amelia. Though she was standing in for an indisposed soprano, there was no compromise in her musical warmth and exciting vocalism.”

— The Telegraph

“Soprano Maria Luigia Borsi was replaced shortly before the performance by the excellent Elizabeth Llewellyn as Amelia Grimaldi.”

— The Guardian

“The Italian soprano Maria Luigia Borsi withdrew with laryngitis to be more than adequately replaced by Elizabeth Llewellyn as Amelia. I have heard her sing the role before with English Touring Opera and was impressed. A soaring soprano, she was even more impressive this time – a rising star.”

— The Arts Desk

​“Her stage demeanour, added to her clear silvery tone, vocal strength, superb legato and vocal expression in Amelia’s Come in quest’ora bruna that emerged from Sir Mark’s reading of the quiet, ethereal, orchestral introduction, with its echoes of the sea lapping the Genoese the shores, was magical. The diversity of her vocal quality was further illustrated by her duet with Gabriele Adorno and more significantly still in her contribution in the Council Chamber scene… She was quite formidable.”

—Seen and Heard International