Reviews

2025-08-29

(......) an excellent singer, Alison Lau. Her expressive singing and delivery were combined with a clear and focused tone and impressive agility, notably in her well-articulated repeated note passages in the concluding cantata by Hasse. Her simple hand gestures and stage movements were always appropriate, and she finished the Hasse cantata with a little dance! 
- Andrew Benson-Wilson: Early Music Reviews

2025-08-25
Soprano Alison Lau was at the heart of this musical dialogue. Her dramatic and expressive presence gradually revealed the music's deeper layers. Her warm and sunny voice captivated from beginning to end, with a special revelation in the final work, where her rich vocal potential was revealed in all its glory. It was undeniable how the audience was captivated by her performance. Her flawless "oo-o's" and "aa-a's" were truly magnificent. These moments were like a discovery of pure musicality, leaving you astonished by the control and power she managed to convey with such refinement.

The program opened with Scarlatti's aria "Ardo è ver per te d'amore ," (......) Lau gave the piece a dramatic yet intimate dimension. Her voice moved through the ornamentation both delicately and powerfully, with a delicate understanding of Scarlatti's rhetorical style. Every musical embellishment amplified the text's emotions, while the interplay with the ensemble sounded subtle and warm. (......) In the aria, Lau turned the piece into a true spectacle. Her singing was graceful and captivating.
- Werner De Smet: https://klassiek-centraal.be

2025-06-18
After (the concert) a truly roaring applause broke out. Not only for Sarah Connolly, but also for a procession of soloists around her, with the silver-rimmed voice and personality of soprano Alison Lau as Belinda (......) Immediately the first performance in the night scene from The Fairy Queen was enchanting by the soprano Alison Lau dressed in white. She sang the beautiful lines of poetry about the feelings of the night with shining expression.
- Franz Straatman: Place de 'opera magazine

2023-09-09
“[…] Herausheben möchte ich vokal dennoch […] Alison Lau mit feinstrahlender, flexibler Qualität.”
Translation: “[…] Vocally, I would like to highlight […] Alison Lau with a finely radiant, flexible quality.”
- Jens Klier, Bachtrack

2017-10-30
[…] die junge, in Hong Kong geborene und in Boston (USA) ausgebildete Alison Lau gehört. Ein vom Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater ausgelobter Sonderpreis brachte die Sopranistin jetzt nach Deutschland[…] ihre Arie “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit” die Zuhörer im Zittau Theater. Alison Laus reiner Ton, ihr natürlicher Ansatz und ihre perfekt gearbeitete Aussprache nahm das Publikum gefangen.
Translation:
"[…] the young, Hong Kong-born and Boston (USA) trained Alison Lau. A special award given by the Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater brought the soprano to Germany […] her aria "You have sadness now" charmed the audience in the Zittau Theater. Alison Lau's pure tone, her natural approach and her perfectly crafted pronunciation captured the audience. All those involved, but above all her, were the subject of the rhythmic applause in the sold-out theater."
- Sächsische Zeitung (Saxon Newspaper)

2017-09-12
「演員的音色音量以及演技都不錯，如劉卓昕的詠嘆調《親愛的爸爸》（O mio babbino caro）就有着卓越的表現。」
- 大公報, 劉靖之

2017-08-27
“Alison Lau was a coy Lauretta [...] Lauretta has the opera’s blockbuster aria “O mio babbino caro”; Lau gave a sweet, youthful rendition.”
- Asian Review of Books, Peter Gordon

2017-07-16
“I have to make special mention of soprano Alison Lau. Her voice sent genuine shivers around my body - Miss Lau, you have a big and bright future.”
- Herbertmag.com

2017-07-14
“‘Beloved Clara’ [...] was the highlight of the evening for me, the music performed with great elegance and tenderness. Alison Lau’s crystalline voice and her precise articulation of German [...] were really wonderful, the musicians revealing their empathy with this music.”
- InterludeHK, Frances Wilson

2017-07-11
“[...] soprano Alison Lau, whose voice had a sweetly searing clarity, were a pleasure to hear.”
- ArtMuseLondon

2017-04-23
「劉卓昕的音色令人印象深刻。」
- jardin-feerique.com

2015-12-21
「今晚最佳，當屬女高音劉卓昕。她的高音清澈，明亮，圓潤，穿透力強，而且吐字也把握得很好。」
- lpsfield3.net/wordpress

2012-03-28
“The long arias sung by soprano Alison Lau Cheuk-Yan as Helena [...] were seamless in expressing their misgiving or statement of love.”
- South China Morning Post

2012-03-27
“Alison Lau was a beautiful Helena with great promise dramatically and vocally.” 
- Time out Magazine