"Lysanne van Overbeek delivers Haydn's deft little comedy with a light touch."
☆☆☆☆ The Stage

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"Fifty minutes of melodic mayhem later, the Buxton International Festival audience has been well entertained by a performance as slick in its comic timing as one could wish."
The Opera Critic

 

"It had charm and pace, staged like a Feydeau farce by Lysanne van Overbeek"

Opera Now 

"This is a glorious one act romp of an opera."
National World

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"Lysanne van Overbeek’s direction is straightforward and keeps the comedy at just the right level."

The Arts Desk

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"This typically eighteenth century farce was wittily performed under the direction of Lysanne van Overbeek, and beautifully sung under the direction of Toby Hession."
The Article