“There was a superb synchronicity between actors and orchestra, with every emotional shift carefully underscored.The driving force behind the project was the Globe’s director of music Bill Barclay, who reordered the contents of the suites to form a coherent musico-dramatic whole.”

– The Guardian

“Sensuous and exotic…an imaginative stage direction featuring rarely-heard music…Barclay was creative in sewing together words and music so that references in the Shakespeare (“Music, moody food of us that trade in love”) were echoed in the score.”

-The Financial Times

“This was the most accomplished way of combining words and music I’ve witnessed at the Barbican (and several other venues). May it spawn many successors….The performances were riveting…Schmitt’s original score is lost, but Barclay unpicked the stitching, reordered and sewn it back together for a score to accompany a filleted version of the play.”

– Bachtrack