Berliner Zeitung, 1995 'The Verona of Weststellingwerf, no question that what is served up there is far better and wittier than what is normally offered at the Arena or in the Philharmonic Theater in the tourist citadel of Verona.'
Opernwelt, October 1995 'Levi is an extremely musical conductor who lacked neither temperament nor precision.'
Noord-Hollands Dagblad, 26 July 1995 'Van Eijk has no trouble turning a story set in the 12th century B.C. into a modern account which can stand model for the cruelty, egotism and hypocrisy which drive men and governments in our own time.'
Algemeen Dagblad, July 1995 'Her directing thrives on the power of details (...) a raised eyebrow, a frozen pose--it is the tiny nuances which embue this opera with expressive power which holds up a magnifying glass to all the various kinds of power: in relationships, in eroticism and in society.'
