La tragédie de Carmen | Wexford Festival Opera 2025
“Musical director Rebecca Warren on piano providing musical accompaniment like a silent movie pianist. But La Tragédie De Carmen is never silent. It sings, scorns, longs and cries ‘L’amour’. Rendering you powerless to resist.
La tragédie de Carmen | Wexford Festival Opera 2025
“The musical reduction to a single piano works very well at the Jerome Hynes Theatre, thanks primarily to Rebecca Warren's superb interpretation.”
La tragédie de Carmen | Wexford Festival Opera 2025
“Her Act II “Les tringles des sistres tintaient” was titillating, thanks to Irish musical director Rebecca Warren, who accelerated the tempo to emphasise the frenzy at the end of the aria – no mean feat considering it was one piano.”
La tragédie de Carmen | Wexford Festival Opera 2025
“Under the musical direction of Rebecca Warren, with Warren playing a piano reduction of the score... the more gentle touch of the piano reduction suited the refreshingly sensitive tone of the production. Carmen may need revisiting now and again only rarely, but as long as there are sympathetic teams in place like this one at Wexford, it can still prove to be dramatically, musically and emotionally revealing.”
La fille du régiment | Wexford Festival Opera 2023
“Musical director and pianist Rebecca Warren’s accompaniment was rhythmically pleasing and sensitively attuned to the onstage drama. The good-humored chattering from the audience as they left the theatre said it all. This was comedy opera at its best. It was more than just the occasional laugh and amused smile; it was pure, concentrated fun.”
Alan Neilson, Opera Wire
La fille du régiment | Wexford Festival Opera 2023
“The piano needed for Marie’s music lesson was already in place down left and was being played with stylistic acumen throughout the show by the accomplished Music Director, Rebecca Warren. Judging by the size of the packed audiences, and hearing the boisterous responses, it looks like the Wexford crowd was not only ready for a good time, but also pleased to sample some standard operatic repertoire.”
James Sohre, Opera Today
La fille du régiment | Wexford Festival Opera 2023
“Donizetti’s La fille du régiment had been perfectly adapted by director Heather Hadrill, combining numbers in French and dialogue in English, to fit into 90 minutes, and rather more stylish to look at in Lisa Krugel’s designs for the smaller of the two National Opera House spaces than Suor Angelica; besides, who really needs an orchestra in Donizetti when you have a pianist as supportive as Rebecca Warren.”
David Nice, The Arts Desk
Russian Double Bill | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2023
“The instrumental performance was characterful and elegantly nuanced”
Donal Hurley, Edinburgh Music Review