Conductor Arthur Fagen kept tempos brisk and both “Je veux vivre” and the air “Amour ranime mon courage” were impressively dynamic.
Opera News, Stephanie Adrian, September 7, 2016
The Atlanta Opera ends a strong season by presenting one of its best shows in recent memory, a fantastically engaging production of Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet”…. Music Director Arthur Fagen focuses the orchestra on evoking the almost overwhelmingly lush beauty of Gounod’s score, never shying away from the old-fashioned stormy drama either…Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 9, 2016