"In a resourceful, astonishingly beautiful Wilfred Owen setting by Gregory Spears, Amelia Watkins, a soprano, and Anthony Roth Costanzo, a countertenor, intertwined in languorous flights."

"Watkins's down-to-earth, irresistible Zerlina provided the major vocal pleasure of the evening - a rich, glowing lyric sound destined for the heights."

'Là ci darem la mano" (vocally the evening's zenith, as lushly sung by Watkins and Schaldenbrand)...'

'Amelia Watkins shows promise...'

'Amelia Watkins [as Zerlina] is clearly developing the necessary chops...'

'The cast is uniformly excellent - but the performances are first rate, as good as anything at the New York City Opera or the Met - each cast member has their chance to shine, and shine they do, especially...Amelia Watkins as Dorothy.'

'Hell finds partial redemption in its heavenly-voiced cast.'

'So well paired are Holiman's and Watkins' voices that the subtle difference in voice textures and register force the CD listener to ask, even in the first three poems with polyphonic settings, who is singing which phrase - the two voices in close choreography represent a woman's internal gyroscope in a mortal dance with cultural attitudes that threaten to knock off balance her centered spin, much to her peril - the a cappella voices of youth and age weave one song for womanhood, to be passed on, woman to woman, alone.'

'Another young Canadian, soprano Amelia Watkins completed the cast as an attractive-voiced Gianetta...'

'Amelia Watkins was a pert and bright-voiced Giannetta in her brief moment in the sun.'

'Soprano Amelia Watkins completed the principals as Gianetta, the peasant girl... Watkins has a lovely sound.'
(Hamilton Record)

'Salome Fast, a US premiere by onetime Tanglewood student Ron Ford, is a highly original condensed telling of the Salome and John the Baptist tale. The narrative is hastily shouted in Aramaic. Amelia Watkins seemed to the manner born, though she in fact had to learn each word from scratch against a rich-textured chamber orchestra'

"Amelia Watkins made an especially strong impression, her well produced voice displaying a solid top and immaculate phrasing."

"Oliver Knussen's "Whitman Settings" begin with their feet on the ground and end in ecstasy - wonderfully sung by Amelia Watkins..."

"Jolas's delicious piece - a tumble of lines from 15 love poems in English and French - delightfully sung (and played) by Amelia Watkins..."