"To music director Carmen Santoro's responsive piano accompaniment, the very fine cast of three - soprano Daphne Touchais, tenor Eric Shaw and baritone Paul Carey Jones - are all gamely equal to the demands of both Donizetti's pattering duets and trios and [Roberto] Recchia's energetic and mad-cap staging"
Michael Dungan, Irish Times, May 2007
"One of the pleasures of attending the Festival is the chance to hear talented young singers who aren't yet known on international stages. There were several standouts this year: American tenor Bryan Hymel, who in recital revealed a beautiful upper range; Czech mezzo Katerina Jalovcova, a major find as Jezibaba in Rusalka; and the superb Welsh baritone Paul Carey Jones, who sparked a 'bonus' staging of Donizetti's comic gem Rita."
Brian Kellow, Opera News,
September 2007