Excerpts and reactions from the press

"Carmina Burana as a sparkling fireworks, as an evening of mountebanks and gnomes, as a pyrotechnical panopticon“
Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg 

“Lisbon witnessed a new and spectacular event, one that was enriched by impressive special effects...”
Correiro, Lissboa

“Carmina Burana – un triomphe”
Lundi-Matin, Luxembourg

“The rolling alternative to Verona”
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, Vienna

“This Carmina Burana is a fully valid theatrical production. It is well-aware of the best ways to effectively use the options implicit in the spectacular and gigantic”
Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin 

“... an overwhelming visual spectacle...”
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

„We were promised monumental and that’s what we got.“
The Daily Star, Beirut

"Twenty thousand people caught their breath and exclaimed “WOW!“
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt

“A fiery spectacle between dream and reality.“
Abendzeitung, Munich

"Thirty performers in gorgeous costumes kept the audience on the edge of their seats for more than an hour and presented a tableau of coarsely medieval, vivaciously sensual pleasures.... The pyrotechnical effects created flaming accents.
Die Welt, Germany

“Lighting effects, fireworks, intoxicating music... a superlative staging."
Bild, Germany

"It was a grandiose spectacle, colorful and fiery."
TZ, Munich

"Carmina Burana as a bravura stage show.... Very effectively and using more than 200 light cues, Munich director Walter Haupt staged Carl Orffs "magical images" succeeding one another in rapid tempo. The performers on Munichs Königsplatz were truly first-rate...."
Deutsche Presseagentur, Germany