“Like a latter-day Virgil Thomson, Conrad Cummings writes a deceptively plain kind of music that reveals the unexpected joys and shadowy depths of the American experience.”
– The New Yorker Magazine
“One of the best new operas of the 21st Century.”
-Opera News Magazine
“. . . clear, appealing score. . . lithe melodic lines that flow and entwine in the manner of Monteverdi. . . intensity more often encountered in Stephen Sondheim’s musicals. . .”
– The New York Times
“. . . wonderful fun. . .eerily timely. . .the music – minimalist with a touch of almost wistful lyricism – nailed the humor. . shouldn’t be missed.”
–The Washington Post
“Mr. Cummings samples musical history for techniques and sonorities the way rappers sample pop rhythms.”
– The New York Times
