“Ramiro, her handsome prince, was sung by Nico Darmanin, deploying a ringing Italianate tenor, whose top notes were lengthily and thrillingly held. The Act II aria “Si, ritrovarla io giuro” is one of the most well-known and formidable showcases for tenor in Rossini’s entire selection and Darmanin dispatched it fearlessly. His head-over-heels approach to certain moments in the plot was movingly done.”

Dominic Lowe, Bachtrack (July 2016)