Press Acclaim

Opera Pulse

June 20, 2012
“An inquisitively progressive piece.” ... “[baritone Chris Burchett’s] depth and focus is quite beautiful.” ... “This is, I think, what will make us want to see this again and again- we’ll take something completely new from it each time we see it.” ... “Overall, I must and I will see this project in its entirety… it’s a gem.”

New York Times

April 8, 2011
"In the poignant, entrancing “Aging Magician...the rich artistic elements of come together powerfully. The music is crucial, by turns pensive and fidgety, solemnly harmonic and skittishly diffuse...the choral writing is ethereal, unfolding in long-spun lines and chantlike phrases."

The New York Times

April 4, 2010
"Radiant … [and] amorously evocative.”

The New York Times

Prestini creates an immersive world with sounds, sights and smells… her music tracks the elemental forces of passion and betrayal that move just below the surface of this remote, quiet world.

Paola is an artistic visionary... there is a kind of energy system that follows her and her work everywhere she goes."