Der Freischütz

Wolf Trap Opera

Vienna, VA

“Lidiya Yankovskaya brought a unified blend between the orchestra and the singers. From the overture, she established the dynamics and tempi of the orchestra with a close beat, not bringing attention to herself but drawing the musicians into her interpretation of the music. Beginning with lots of unison strings, the music came more animated, setting up the excitement for the action that followed.”
–Patrick D. McCoy, Washington Classical Review

“Buoyed by the orchestral playing under Lidiya Yankovskaya, scarily cohesive with a sense of Romantic indulgence in both timbres and tempi, the didactic resolution fits the production’s exaggeratedly simplistic Personenregie…”
–Harry Rose, Parterre Box