"This is a performance that meets the Glyndebourne gold standard… Hall has decided to keep it real and produced something understated, sensitive and thus deeply pleasurable."
- Daily Telegraph

"Vladimir Jurowski, Glyndebourne’s young music director, draws sparkling playing from the London Philharmonic…"
- Sunday Telegraph

"Opera-goers found themselves captivated by one of the best nights Glyndebourne has enjoyed in many a year."
- Financial Times

"Jurowski … got simply superb playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, absolutely precise, perfectly balanced - I don’t believe I have ever heard brass play so softly, or to such effect."
- Opera

"…the endlessly expressive music brims with jokes. Ensembles tie themselves in knots, grown men sing cheep-cheep, ding-dong doggerel and an air of lunacy prevails. Hall’s answer is to exercise restraint, even in the mad set pieces… this sober approach turned out to be sharp and amusing."
- Evening Standard

"With its simple, elegant designs and a powerful storm sequence, the production is a joy to watch and hear."
- Sunday Express