"It was well performed, enchanting, lovely, unique."

"Sometimes you go to a new opera expecting great music and you leave with your mind blown from the great music and the touching and powerful message. Beautiful singing and such a meaningful performance in so many ways!"

"so emotional and passionate"

"I was expecting great but the performance was beyond that. Aside from any well deserved superlatives, it struck me that it was approachable. I think that a novice opera goer would enjoy this."

"Tonight a page was turned in the history of Canadian music. The chamber opera, "Pat and Emilia" had its premier this evening at Willistead Manor. It is an inventive and provocative collaboration of music, poetry, journalism and personal monologue for two sopranos and chamber ensemble of violin, clarinet, cello and piano. The audience is dramatically led through the lives of two women, two Windsorites, and the hard decisions they each had to make.

"It is a musical drama that must be experienced. Tonight was the culmination of years of work but truly it is the beginning of something quite special. Thank you to all those creative spirits who gave wings to tonight's offering."

"Toutes mes félicitations pour une production hors pair de PAT & EMILIA vendredi soir à Willistead. Ce fut extrêmement réussi du début à la fin. Nous étions dans un autre monde pendant une couple d'heures."

"The evening was perfect from the moment my friend and I walked through the large wooden door at Willistead. Call it fantastic, out of this world, magnificent and on and on. One of the best evenings I have spent in some time."

"Such talented musicians. Both soprano's were excellent and the acting was a special treat."

"This performance was such an artistic portrayal of the painful tension women have with career, marriage and children."

"I'm not into opera, but this was cool!"

"That was truly spectacular!"