"A superstar in the making, as I noted here after her Adina in last year's L'elisir d'amore, Kurzak fills the house with her thrillingly pure, warm voice and acts the rest of the cast off the stage. It is a rare moment, indeed, when an opera singer can change the mood with a flash of an eye, the tiniest gesture of disdain." --(The Guardian)Donna Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia - London, Royal Opera House, April 2010 "Kurzak, a rising-star soprano with flashing eyes and cover-girl looks . . . she can define a saucy moment with a twitch of an eyebrow and pings her way perfectly through Rossini's stratospheric coloratura vocal lines . . ." --The Observer (London), 11 April 2010Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor - Seattle Opera, October 2010 "Making her debut in the challenging role of Lucia, Polish coloratura Aleksandra Kurzak acted the rest of the cast off the stage. Kurzak's mad scene made those of most current Lucia interpreters look quite tame . . . her performance was a musical and dramatic tour de force." --Opera News (New York), January 2011"Kurzak is a dazzling new star" --(The Sunday Times)Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia - London, Royal Opera House, January 2011 ". . . this is Kurzak's evening, first and last. The aria in which she introduces herself is perfectly paced, with her demure self-description (`I'm obedient, gentle, and loving') belied by a sudden access of fury as she starts hurling darts at the wall: so convincing is she that when she makes a feint at the stalls, people in the front row instinctively cower in fright. Her coloratura is smooth and accurate, and her tone can turn from silk to steel in a flash; she's both a consummate farceuse and a commanding vocal presence . . . This is a singer who must be seen as well as heard." --The Independent (London), 19 January 2011