“The gestures evolved by the singers – rather than by a director – make a genuine impact, showing the audience where each character is emotionally at any given moment. The result is not merely charming, but surprisingly eloquent.”

“Vocal values are always paramount in Handel and, here, the cast is made up of fine singers who deliver the goods as required.”

- George Hall, The Stage

“Surprisingly, the very formality of it all makes the structures of opera seria seem less drawn-out than is often the case."

- Robert Beale, The Arts Desk

“This production by Liberata Collective with Ensemble Hesperi was probably as near as can now be seen to the opera in Handel’s time.”

“The singing of all five performers was excellent, as was the music.”

- Mavis Kirkham, Buxton Advertiser

“In a staging devised collectively (again in line with Baroque-era practices) by the singers themselves, any preconceptions of park-and-bark or overblown pantomime acting are put swiftly to bed.”

- Sarah Noble, Bachtrack