Pierre Vallet led Sunday’s performance, filling in for Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and handled it beautifully. Big, round brasses and crackling strings distinguished the overture, and mahogany-toned cellos pulsated with romance. Fleeting moments of presentiment had a thick, slightly darkened cast.
The New York Times
Pierre Vallet conducted with an ear for transparent texture and fleet motion
Zachary Woolf, New York Times: ‘Persée et Andromède’ Glows at Manhattan School of Music
In the pit, conductor Pierre Vallet led the 1859 French version of the score (supervised by Hector Berlioz) with idiomatic style. This split of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra played this graceful music with skill and true artistry;
Pierre Vallet conducted Don Carlo with expressive contrasts and an extraordinary musical flow
Jūratė Katinaitė. 7 meno dienos weekly, 11 March 2016
Director Pierre Vallet has a fascinating ability to bring 'wholeness' so that Halevy’s music comes out as billowing and rich, changeable.
Magnus Haglund, GP
Pierre Vallet’s refined approach and luscious sound set the tone from the start.
OperaWire
Under Pierre Vallet’ s direction, the SLSO played this graceful music with skill and true artistry
St. Louis Dispatch, Sarah Bryan Miller
