“This production of Tosca should be held up as the baseline example for other opera companies… This was very much the experience one wants when going to the opera: great sets and costumes, a thrilling, full orchestral sound, and a soprano that deserves her title role even more than you might expect.” -Opera Today

“Overall, this Tosca was a satisfying, expert production, a great hit with the audience and a welcome indication of the company’s continuing artistry.” -Broad Street Review

“I hope this work can settle into the operatic canon…” -Broad Street Review

“This fine regional company presented a lively, beautifully staged production of the (deservedly) popular La bohème.” -Broad Street Review

“It proved to be an exciting occasion, demonstrating that a clever small company can provide the musical and dramatic muscle to pull off this score without Zeffirellian hordes and piles of cliché chinoiserie onstage.” -Opera with Opera News

“A performance of this unfinished work is always an event, and this Turandot was no exception, visually beautiful and excellently sung. The audience was excited to be there and rewarded the production’s beauty and excellent musicianship with fervent applause and delighted bravos.” -Broad Street Review

“Laugh out loud funny… the funniest opera I have ever seen, by far, and it still managed to involve me in the story…all that merged with and facilitated by Rossini’s glorious music live. It was a performance I will long remember, not like any other Barber I have seen.” -OperaGene

"It’s just a perfect opera in general! For a first-time opera-goer, it has tunes which are recognizable even if you’ve never heard an opera before.” -OD Music Director Anthony Barrese in MD Theatre Guide

“… A tour de force performance” -WHYY.org

“… First-rate production… Tim Mix is sensational as Joseph De Rocher” - The Cultural Critic

“The verdict is in: OperaDelaware is once again guilty of presenting first-rate opera with world-class singers, directors, designers and conductors.” -WHYY.org

“Fiercely entertaining… a double-feature triumph” -Broad Street Review

“An enormous amount of just plain fun… For this production (its third annual Spring Festival), Cooke and cohorts wisely emphasize fine singing, a polished orchestra, and lively staging.” -Broad Street Review

“Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica opened strongly and movingly… thanks to Crystal Manich’s probing, cogent direction and Anthony Barrese’s finely rehearsed, judiciously paced orchestral work.” -Opera News

“Vibrant, charming and downright funny” -The News Journal

“OperaDelaware has become a regional company whose plans savvy operagoers far and wide should follow... Semiramide opened... to a justified ovation." -Opera News

“An outstanding cast far better than many I’ve heard from companies with 20 times the funds... Throw in Barrese’s terrific conducting, and Amleto is not only a success story but an inspiration.” -The Washington Post