"The ebullience is refreshing and spirited due in large part to a stellar cast led by the young French-American coloratura soprano, Véronique Filloux, who plays the charming heroine Marie, found on a battlefield and raised by a French rifle regiment…The bel canto style opera, known for feats of vocal technique, is sung in French with English supertitles, though one almost needn’t know French to follow. Filloux’s expressiveness and top-notch acting skills conveyed the meaning of her words through song, joyfulness, patriotism, heartbreak, humor and love."