Financial Times
By Francis Carlin
“The fiasco would be complete but for the singing, which is uniformly excellent, led by Anna Krainikova’s engaging Varia and Ulyana Aleksyuk’s sparkling Ania, the latter another of Fénelon’s stock coloratura parts. But any talent scout in the audience would have been busy scribbling down the names of all these young singers. They deserve a medal for putting up with this shabby circus.”