Author: Kevin

Don Giovanni

Mozart has too much wit and humor, and his lines are too pure and transcendent to cloy. Some people say this is the greatest opera – perhaps the greatest piece of music – ever written, and they’ll get no argument from me. And under the sure baton of John Baril, Central City Opera has assembled voices that do the score justice.
— Westword July, 2006

Don Giovanni

Conductor John Baril delivers a well-paced and sensible interpretation of this tragi-comic masterwork.
— ColoradoDrama.com July, 2006

Don Giovanni

Conductor John Baril keeps things moving at a brisk, but never hurried, pace.
— Rocky Mountain News July, 2006

Don Giovanni

Fitting then that the Opera’s burgeoning music director, John Baril, should deliver his finest effort to date conducting from the pit for Don Giovanni.
— Weekly Peak – KCME-FM 88.7 July, 2006

Goyescas

John Baril’s …orchestra caught fire in the Granados, [and] “Goyescas” became a memorable dramma per musica, a coup de theatre. Perfect was the word for Baril’s direction of the Granados score on Tuesday.
— sfcv.org July, 2003

Goyescas

John Baril’s …orchestra caught fire in the Granados, [and] “Goyescas” became a memorable dramma per musica, a coup de theatre. Perfect was the word for Baril’s direction of the Granados score on Tuesday.
— San Francisco Post Newspapers July, 2003

I pagliacci / Goyescas

Central City’s orchestra has some fine first chair players but the overall standard of musicianship was less than perfect. Nevertheless, John Baril elicited energetic playing from the group.
— Opera Japonica July, 2003

I pagliacci / Goyescas

John Baril’s commedia troupe sang, acted, posed and moved with conviction…Baril and his outstanding orchestra brought a wonderfully rich tone to the two operas, particularly the rarely heard Granados. The first interlude is a lovely Spanish divertimento…
— Andante.com July, 2003