Becoming Santa Claus

Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago, IL

“The orchestra is in many ways the star of the production and is led with attention to nuance, color and atmosphere by Lidiya Yankovskaya.”
–Dennis Polkow, Newcity Stage

“As ever, Yankovskaya oversees the fine work of a large orchestra that expertly renders Adamo’s score and supports the singers.”
–Hedy Weiss, WTTW

“Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya elicited a tightly disciplined, warmly affectionate account of the score from her forty-two orchestral players, not to mention a scintillating eleven-piece bell choir. Whether or not Becoming Santa Claus becomes anyone’s holiday tradition remains to be seen, but COT presented a persuasive case for Adamo’s Christmas confection.”
–Mark Thomas Ketterson, Opera News