“Celine Byrne's rich-voiced consumptive Mimì made lovely work of her voluptuous arias” - The Times

“a real find . . . with a power and clarity which appears to increase at the top of his register” - Bachtrack on Merūnas Vitulskis

“Sarah Brady enchants with her crystal clear soprano” - kulturfeder.de

“it’s an opera for young singers about young people — happy and full of hope, joking about terrible things. They discover life, but also death.” - Roberto Alagna

“I wish there to be as much singing, as much melody, as possible” - Giacomo Puccini on La bohème

“even I leave the theatre, when I can get a ticket, humming my lost innocence” - Igor Stravinsky