Cincinnati Enquirer:
But most memorable are Janai Brugger as Micaëla, a kind and virtuous hometown woman who longs to marry Don José, and Christian Pursell as the toreador Escamillo. I don’t know if Pursell intended his character to be a mix of bravado and comic swagger, but from the moment he lumbers onto the stage with his white fedora and salmon-colored linen suit, you just know that this is the guy your mother told you to avoid at all costs. DAVID LYMAN