"General Manager Francesca Zambello and Music Director and Conductor Joseph Colaneri are fearless artists and can pretty much pull...

“At the head of the Royal Opera Orchestra, Joseph Colaneri leads instrumentalists and singers in this complex score, of which he masters...

"The orchestra has a more prominent role in Aida than in most operas, even more so when out of the pit and on the stage. The San Diego...

"From the first haunting, glistening sound of the orchestral strings to the ponderous final strokes in the score that echoed the dying...

"While this comic opera in two acts provided plenty of laughs, Corigliano’s score was sensational: Its color, intensity and clarity...

“Glimmerglass conductor Joseph Colaneri brings his special affinity for the work to a most satisfying outcome. He draws out the intimacy...

"There was a palpable sense of excitement emanating from the pit. Under Joseph Colaneri’s masterful watch, the orchestra, all Juilliard...

“The orchestra, which in this opera continuously dialogues with the voices, and foreshadows all the dramatic outcomes, was led with...

"The sounds that emerged from the pit were just as graceful and electrifying. The overture was played without any distracting stage...

"Music director Joseph Colaneri led a sumptuous performance featuring an expanded orchestra. Long passages of the opera carry on with no...