“Daring and imaginative. Heartbeat Opera [is] an enterprise that, while small and still young, has already contributed more to opera’s vitality than most major American companies." ”

“A categorically imaginative company, [Heartbeat] has made its name with vital reshapings of repertory operas. A radical endeavor — less pint-sized grand opera than an appropriation of the genre for theatre of the black-box type.”

“... one of the most agile and dynamic companies on New York's indie opera scene ... Every Heartbeat event feels like a happening ... Judging by the average audience age and enthusiasm level, the company is succeeding.”

“Pioneers ... reformatting the opera experience from the grand to the deliberately intimate. Ingenious.”