Press Quotes

• "Masterpiece isn't a word to be thrown around lightly, but there's no denying that Mark Morris's "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato" is thrillingly that. "

  New York Times

• "The entire spectacle represents one of those rare theatrical occasions by which those present measure their lives."

  The Times Literary Supplement (London)

• "Morris has concerned himself with every last feeling in the test, every felicity of Handel's score, and produced a work that boasts a clear-eyed, generous view of humanity."

  Financial Times

• "L'Allegro is a brilliant fusion of music, choreography, dancing and theatrical whimsy that reaches from Handel's era to the present in a quite wonderful way...a joy in every respect, a masterpiece of the twentieth century."

  The Chicago Tribune

• "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is heavenly, from start to finish."

  Daily Telegraph