“France and Herford sing superbly. Herford, sensing her slipping away from him, is all contained intensity and grief…It is beautiful, haunting and wonderfully well done.”
— the guardian ★★★★
“Worthy successors to the not inconsiderable team of Barbara Hannigan and Georg Nigl, Jennifer France and Johnny Herford offered an outstanding musical performance”
— opera today
— classical source ★★★★
“The singers respond to the score with stunning assurance – eloquent in voice and movement is Johnny Herford, whose high baritone brings warmth and subtlety of expression to match the radiance of his dead lover.”
— wales arts review