"Best of all, Joseph Colaneri, the artistic director of Mannes Opera and a conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, drew a fleet and bracing performance from the student orchestra." Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, Mannes Opera 

"On Wednesday 27,600 people turned up for Verdi’s “Rigoletto” on the Great Lawn of Central Park, the second performance this year in the Metropolitan Opera’s Met in the Parks series ....

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Joseph Colaneri led the orchestra in a polished and well-paced accompaniment." Verdi, Rigoletto on the Great Lawn of Central Park,Met in the Park Series

"...the excellent efforts of Joseph Colaneri, the conductor, who paced Verdi's score with dramatic savvy and chose effective tempos, measured enough to allow breathing room, but directed and supple." Verdi, Rigoletto, New York City Opera