“These performances, using the famous 2002 production, sets and costumes of the Czech National Theatre, will be given in the Estates Theatre in Prague, where Don Giovanni was premiered under Mozart’s baton in 1787.”
John Holland, Schmopera
“Singing alongside a full, finely-tuned orchestra really is an incomparable feeling. As an operatic vocalist, you finally get to hear these arias you’ve been studying as the composer originally intended them to be: strings, winds, brass, percussion and your voice. ”
Edwin Joseph, Serenade (2017 PSN Participant)
“If the soloists were exciting to listen to, each time the chorus sang, the hall was filled, creating for numerous visceral moments.”
Francisco Alejandro Salazar, Operawire
“The sheer exuberance of [The Marriage of Figaro] was deftly handled by the young artists of the Summer Nights Festival.”
Logan Martell, Operawire
Alejandro Martinez of Platea Magazine interviews Sherrill Milnes on all things opera, the Met, and his time at Prague Summer Nights
Alejandro Martinez, Platea Magazine
“this production [of Mozart’s The Magic Flute] made for a sensational showcase of the Summer Nights Festival’s young artists.”
Logan Martell, Operawire
“It’s much like taking lessons within a living, breathing music-history museum. If you think it sounds both dreamy and intense, you’re 100 percent correct.”
Heather K. Scott, Strings Magazine
“It was a lovely performance, very professional and sophisticated. Not surprising at all, given the amount of work you and your team are doing. Congratulations on what appears to be a very successful venture.”
Frank Kuznik, Chief classical music writer for the Czech Newspaper Hospodarske noviny.
“The icing on the cake was the performance of German clarinetist Walter Seyfarth, a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker, who played the Mozart Concerto.”
David Peltán, Kulturne
