THE GIRL, THE HUNTER AND THE WOLF

"The very serious idea behind this (libretto by Gonçalo M.Tavares), the detailed direction by Inne Goris, the excellent performance by all the soloists and the very special and interesting music by Vasco Mendonça, made this opera a special experience." 
Olga de Kort | Place de l´Opera, 31.10.22

"The strength of Mendonça and Tavares' proposal (as well as the quality of the questions it raises in the children) is such that we hope to see The Girl, the Hunter and the Wolf on our French stages again soon."
Laurent Vilarem | Opera Online, 18.10.22

"Vasco Mendonça's composition is a cascade of contemporary music, sounds and sound effects that give the performance a strong emotional charge."
Anita Twaalfhoven | Trouw, 16.10.22

"Vasco Mendonça's music is also a driving factor, played sublimely by Spectra."
Britt van Klaveren | Het Parool, 16.10.22

"The music, performed by Spectra, is quite complex but exciting, with lots of percussion, timpani beats and bass lines, and there is fine singing by Arturo den Hartog, Leonie van Rheden and Sabra el Bahri Khatri."
Margriet Prinssen | Theaterkrant, 16.10.22

"Vasco Mendonça's music creates rich environments of sound imagination (...) in a captivating vocal writing, with very accomplished numbers (...) and with many well developed rhythmic games. (...) Music with a sharp theatrical sense (...) 'The Girl, the Hunter and the Wolf' suggests at the end that there may be a dance with the world, in a vague but beautiful reply, full of poetry (...) it is indeed an opera for almost all ages, in which simplicity is not infantilizing. On the contrary, it stands out as challenging for a child who is invited to listen, to imagine and to become aware"
Pedro Boléo | Público, 05.06.23