Catone in Utica

"Curtis directs with astute dramatic pacing. The entire cast performs superbly: Topi Lehtipuu demonstrates authoritative potency and rhetorical intelligence befitting of Cato ... [Hallenberg, Prina and Basso] are probably the finest three mezzo-sopranos in the current Baroque opera business ... Ciccolini and Curtis deserve enormous credit for transforming an incomplete obscurity into a coherent and compelling opera".

"The cast is riveting in the recitatives. The singers are so animated and involved in the drama you just have to find out what's going on by following the action in the accompanying booklet. Curtis shapes the drama geberiyskt, with notably more spacious speeds than some of his colleagues in earlier operas, and ther's no lack of dramatic tension or excitement ... A truly uplifting performance".