“Alex Otterburn, a ENO Harewood Young Artist, gave a career defining performance as Pluto, effortlessly charming, devilish and able to fill the London Coliseum with personality whether singing or speaking. He showed how it should be done, this Pluto combined bad behaviour, with wit and charm.”

“Alex Otterburn’s Pluto ruled the stage in whatever guise the character adopted.”

“Alex Otterburn’s campy, confident Pluto in disguise, looking jolly pleased with himself – as he should do, having managed to pull with that haircut.”

“the standout performances come from… Alex Otterburn as Hel Helson, whose baritone is strong, assertive and really delivers on all fronts”

“Alex Otterburn as Eddy, a baritone just starting out on his career, was a chip off the old parental blocks. Vocally, he was just as rock solid, albeit with a lighter, youthful timbre to his voice. Rubber-faced and acrobatic, he bounced about the stage in warm-up suits, somehow managing to come off brave and lovable, not just funny. He was tragic as well, gouging his eyes out by splashing red paint on his face. It was one of those tour-de-force performances that leave you breathless”

“With his twisted smile and never-quite-trustworthy smarts, Alex Otterburn makes the perfect Eddy. His powerful baritone rises to the considerable challenges of Turnage’s score, nailing top notes with never a hint of discomfort. But he’s also a fine actor, able to deliver spoken text – not always an opera singer’s forte – with a rare intelligence. He captures nicely Eddy’s path from uncertainty to overweening confidence, and you really believe in his ultimate crisis”

“her words are blurry compared to those of Alex Otterburn, whose Harlequin leads a slick quartet of lairy yet world-weary cabaret performers”

“The quartet of comedians sounded super, anchored by the youthful Harlequin of Alex Otterburn”

“Alex Otterburn bestrides the stage as Eddy. He embodies the character’s myriad contradictions with vigour and restless energy, but also a humanity that endears him to us. Not only does he throw himself into the smut and the swearing, but he retains a distinctive lyricism and beauty to his voice that evokes sympathy for his plight, and he thoroughly deserved his roof-raising ovation at the end.”

“Alex Otterburn ​’s star turn as Eddy (Berkoff and Turnage’s Oedipus), meanwhile, is a canny study in casual Cockney racism and everyday psychopathy.”

“It’s a very strong cast none the less, headed by young baritone Alex Otterburn as an aptly swaggering, needy Eddy”

“For Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Alex Otterburn in particular, the central role of Eddy is a huge achievement.”

“The extravagant sashaying of the hip-flask-addicted John Styx (a terrific account by the baritone Alex Otterburn, a 2014 International Opera Awards bursary winner)”

“Otterburn proved a master of physical theatre, tripping, lolling and hopak-ing with oafish ineptitude.”

“It’s Alex Otterburn in the role of Father who shines; in possession of a powerful voice, he is onstage for too brief a time.”