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Interviews with Will Crutchfield on Teatro Nuovo
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ROSSINI AMERICA

​​​Teatro Nuovo: A promising new home for Bel Canto in America

OPERA NEWS

​​​Adventure Nuovo

BROADWAY WORLD

​​​Crutchfield Builds a Fire with New Opera Enterprise

Teatro Nuovo Summer 2018 ​Reviews 
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Wall Street Journal

The Dawn of Romantic Opera’ Review: Subtle, Playful Performances

"The effect was transformative ... anyone who cares about historical performance should not miss the chance to hear this band." 
FINANCIAL TIMES

Medea in Corinto, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, New York — this is how it should be done

"This is how it should be done...bold, vibrant playing."
MUSICAL AMERICA

Teatro Nuovo Opens Its Inaugural Season

"A fresh, assertive, vibrant sound."
OPERA NEWS

Medea in Corinto

"A pulsating, lively performance" 
OPERA NEWS

Tancredi Rifatto

NEW YORK OBSERVER

Horny Demons, Whiny White People Dominate 2018’s Summer Opera Festivals

"Meticulously prepared...bold and noble energy." 
THE CLASSICAL REVIEW

Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo begins life with a pair of bel canto rarities

"If you liked what Crutchfield did at Caramoor....you will love this even more."
CONCERTO NET

​Rage! Horror! Vengeance! Joy!

"The voices are superb; the orchestral score resounds through the hall."
ARTS JOURNAL

Mayr’s Medea at Teatro Nuovo: Stars evolved and aligned for the opera and La Rowley

"Mayr is hardly the sexiest name in opera history, but he became exactly that on July 29 at Purchase College. ...Incredibly visceral."
OPERA (U.K.)

Teatro Nuovo’s Tancredi on Opening Night

"The operas were fascinating, the indoor acoustics superior, the performances musically impressive...gripping drama." 
OPERAWIRE

Jennifer Rowley and Cast Conjure Magic in Barebones Production

"Semi-staged, but wholly passionate."
OPERA METRO

Teatro Nuovo’s Tancredi on Opening Night

"The very best of Bel Canto singing...a distinctly moving experience."
PARTERRE BOX

the boy from syracuse

"​The occasion was bounteous...the voices blended in duet as ravishingly as any bel canto pairing."
PARTERRE BOX

social medea 

"tossing around instrumental figures from one virtuoso to another"
Classical Voice North America

Early Romantic Opera, Joined With Its Sound World

"...can’t-miss summer outings for opera-starved New Yorkers."
SUPERCONDUCTOR

The Start of Something Beautiful

"A burning seriousness"
Seen and Heard Internnational

​Teatro Nuovo is Launched with Rossini’s Tancredi

"Mesmerizingly beautiful...Crutchfield's handpicked cast blossomed in this rarefied musical atmosphere."
Voce di Meche

Tancredi and the Birth of Bel Canto

"We will follow Will wherever he goes."
Voce di Meche

On Heroes and Missing Links

"Uniformly excellent...Pure delight"
BERKSHIRE FINE ARTS

Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto at SUNY Purchase Thunderbolts Out of the Blue

"These operas were a wonderful treat."
TAMINOPHILE

All is not well in Syracuse

"The singing was stellar across the board"
TAMINOPHILE

Medea at Teatro Nuovo

"Many moments of gripping drama"
Bachtrack

Will Crutchfield and his Teatro Nuovo shed new light on bel canto’s beginnings

"Tancredi Rifatto was a revelation."
DONIZETTI SOCIETY

​​Teatro Nuovo's Two Tancredis

"​It was a revelation to hear the music as it must have sounded to Rossini's ears ... more compelling than many a full production."
DONIZETTI SOCIETY

​​Mayr’s Medea in Corinto at Will Crutchfield’s Teatro Nuovo

"​A tour de force....stellar playing."

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