(…) But first honours have to go to the orchestra, under the young Montreal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Here were the gripping continuity, the dramatic thrust, the lovely Gallic clarity, the cogent shaping and the occasional melting delicacy that identify this as one of the great operatic scores. Throughout the work, Nézet-Séguin had his baton firmly and eloquently on the pulse of the musical discourse. (…)

Ken Winters  

(…) Yannick Nézet-Séguin was making his company debut in the pit and led the tuneful score with a keen ear for pace, shape and respiration. (…)

Arthur Kaptainis