"Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya displayed remarkable versatility in her leadership of the seventy-member orchestra, here placed behind the...

"Conductor and COT music director Lidiya Yankovskaya led the soloists, choirs and the Chicago Sinfonietta in a crisp performance that...

“Persuasive and powerful, too, was Jennifer Zetlan as the tormented psychoanalytic patient at the center of “Ellen West”; Ms. Zetlan was...

"Lidiya Yankovskaya brilliantly led the orchestral accompaniment, finding meaning in every gesture. . . The central pillar of the...

"With this performance, Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya made a most impressive Arizona Opera debut. Her beat was cogent and...

"Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya kept the orchestra and cast moving at a good clip. In the arias, she gave each singer leeway to punctuate...

"CHICAGO OPERA THEATER notably upped its artistic ante on April 25 with the belated and spectacular Windy City premiere of Jake Heggie’s...

"Ms. Zetlan’s tour de force Ellen commanded unwavering attention; she was unafraid to edge her soprano into harshness for the sake of...

This Superb Moby-Dick is a Defining Point in Chicago Opera Theater’s History "By any measure, the Chicago Opera Theater's staging of Jake...

"Lidiya Yankovskaya does a terrific job as a conductor of this score bringing out the many colors and styles of music with her thirteen...