La Fille du regiment reviews

William Kerley's production hits an ideal note of comedy pathos and includes some outstandingly good singing. Really, the feel-good factor is so high it should register on the Richter scale. Lee has a gloriously rich and flexible voice…matched by a fine-sounding Botelho. Robert Dean's conducting is a model of snap crackle and pop.
Warwick Thompson, Metro

"A fizzing production! Donizetti's gem has to be funny and this one was.
The conductor Robert Dean seemed to have the orchestra on manoeuvres all night. The big news was when Hye-Youn Lee came on stage as Marie…` She was totally secure, with her quick vibrato ringing true as a bell. A rousing evening."
Stephen Crowe, musicOMH.com

"In Hye-Youn Lee, the production is blessed with a singer whose voice is bright, clean and agile."
Nick Kimberly, Evening Standard

"Donizetti's La Fille du régiment seems set to become a favourite with British audiences. Robert Dean's conducting had all the bounce that this foot-tapping score requires and the two leading roles were taken by promising young singers. As Marie, Korean soprano Hye-Youn Lee acted with spirit and sang her regimental rataplans with gusto."
Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph

Marie Hye-Youn Lee's Marie captured everyone's hearts as well as Luciano Botelho's Tonio. The soldiers of OHP Chorus were splendid, as was Robert Dean's conducting of the City of London Sinfonia. Recommended strongly to alfresco opera fans. We enjoyed it all more than with ROH's starry cast at Covent Garden last year.
Peter Grahame Woolf, Musical Pointers