The Guardian
by Erica Jeal
…Colin Judson’s clarion tenor shines as both the Schoolmaster and, briefly, a bloodlust-crazed Mosquito, eyeing up Hrůša for juiciness…
Sunday Times
by Hugh Canning
…By far the most accomplished of this cast is Colin Judson, who had already sung Mime in David Mc Vicar’s Siegfried in Strasbourg -- and it showed. This was the most completely thought-through, incisively sung and word perfect individual performance on stage, fit for any theatre in the world…
by Rodney Milnes
...Just as impressive was Colin Judson's Mime, absolutely top-world-class.he seemed to have taken 'vater und mutter zugleich' as his springboard,sporting two aprons ,one masculine -blacksmith,the other feminine-housewife-he could swap gender at the drop of a semiquaver,really unsettling.This reviting,well sung impersonation,half malevolent,half strangely sympathetic,forever teetering on the edge of madness reminded you that Mime is one of Wagner's most dazzlingly brilliant creations".
Aux côtés du Mime éblouissant et désopilant de Colin Judson, qui campe avec délectation une sorte de gnome électrique monté sur ressorts, contrefaisant sa voix de ténor sans jamais tomber dans la vulgarité avec en prime une diction impeccable, il forme le couple qui domine le spectacle...
So verleiht Colin Judson dem Mime einen markanten Charaktertenor mit den Schärfen, Kanten und Ecken, die man so liebt an dieser Antihelden-Figur...
Mais outre les ap paritions fortes de l'Alberich d'Oleg Bryjak, du Fafner de Jyrki - Korhonen ou de l'Erda d'Alexandra Kloose, on retiendra surtout le Mime de Colin Judson, drôle, agile, précis, parlant son rôle sans oublier de le chanter...
...Colin Judson absolument prodigieux en Mime qui semble se régaler des jeux de scène où il montre avec une drôlerie irrésistible...
Gloria’s husband Chester was brilliantly characterised by Colin Judson. He was a totally convincing homophobic slob, finally won over by his new gay spouse, Darryl (Simon Gleeson). As usual, with the opera so very short, it seemed hard for the characters to develop convincingly, but Judson did exceptionally well, and was also the strongest singer in the cast. Even his homophobic moments were sensitively done, and it was clear he was more ignorant than actually nasty. Once he had been educated by Darryl, his attitudes had changed, but there was still enough of the old Chester to make him seem like the same person.
by Margaret Davies
New Sussex Opera this season celebrated its 25th anniversary with an illuminating production of Lucia di Lammermoor.
The responsive cast was headed by Suzannah Clarke... She was partnered by the Edgardo of Colin Judson, who brought ardour and intensity to their duet and dramatic thrust to his singing in the Wolf's Crag scene with Enrico, revealing a good command of Donizettian style. He sang Edgardo's final aria with beautifully shaded expression.