I Pagliacci 2006

'I remained riveted in [my] seat out of sheer excitement, mesmerized by the power of the production. It was so alive, so vibrant, so downright passionate, I didn't find it so much a voyage of rediscovery as virtually seeing an opera for the first time.'

- Doug de Lisle, The Record

'All the principals appeared to have talent to burn.'

- Joseph Dalton, Times Union

'In the final act, everyone excelled from the solid chorus and tenor Aaron Estes' gently sung aria to the leads' fury and passion as they pushed to the riveting climax.'

- Geraldine Freedman, The Daily Gazette

'It's a pleasure to hear such big voices in the Spa Little Theater...'

- Mae G. Banner, The Saratogian

'[Stage Director John Hoomes]...infused it with a fresh reality, a sense of time and place and authentic slice of peasant Italian life, then added a few surreal touches that augmented the overall truthfulness rather than jarring with the naturalism. Bravo, maestro, on melding a world-class production.'

- Doug de Lisle, The Record