NEWS: The premiere recording of Bob Chilcott's Requiem Mass will be released under the Hyperion Records label in April 2012.
The Kathleen Ferrier Award 2010
Opera Now
'With Laurie Ashworth one came to realise that her safe, clean efficiency was only the start: Jonathan Dove's unaccompanied 'Full Fathom Five' was the most memorable item of the evening, and Philine's show-stopper from 'Mignon' did just that - on a high.'
'...a delectable Strauss soprano in the making.'
The Times
'...her unaccompanied performance of Jonathan Dove’s Full Fathom Five was a quite outstanding feat of imaginative energy.'
Wexford Festival Opera 2011, 'The Telephone' by Menotti
Opera Today
'Laurie Ashworth gave a solid, daffily oblivious, cheerily chirping turn as Lucy.'
Handel's 'Messiah' Stratford-Upon-Avon 2008
'...Laurie Ashworth's singing of I know that my redeemer liveth was as near to perfect as possible.'