I applaud Tomasz Konieczny’s entrepreneurial efforts in establishing Baltic Opera Festival, which is an artistic gift to a free world. It should be cherished, and it should be supported. Bravo, Tomasz! – Peter Gelb, General Manager, The Metropolitan Opera 

Baltic Opera Festival is hitting its stride, with founder and leading baritone Tomasz Konieczny omnipresent. – Zenaida des Aubris, OperaWire 

The event aims to bring together a broad audience, from sophisticated music aficionados to those only now embarking on their opera adventure. – Natalia Jeziorek, Vogue

A highly atmospheric forest backdrop takes on its own supernatural role. – John Allison, Opera 

A forest glade with near-miraculous acoustics. – Oliver Moody, The Times 

Baltic Opera Festival skilfully realizes the potential of its historic setting. Artists and audiences alike get to experience music in an open-air venue, which imbues the spectacles with an almost mystical quality. – Agnieszka Rakowska, Newsweek

Previous editions of Baltic Opera Festival have shown very clearly how much the Tricity, Poland, and maybe even the entire world needed that kind of an event. The Forest Opera, established in the early twentieth century as a quintessentially Wagnerian venue, bridges epochal gaps in an almost metaphysical way. – Przemysław Gulda, Gazeta Wyborcza

For the past three years, Konieczny has been organizing a Festival that, for a few July days, transforms Sopot and Gdańsk into the beating heart of the opera world. – Zofia Fabjanowska, Zwierciadło 

I’m absolutely splashed about the amount of people who came. It’s actually the second most people I’ve sung for. The first most was Central Park concert, and this was the second one. I’m absolutely pleased and so happy for the courage of Tomasz Konieczny to establish this. I’m really happy. – Franz Hawlata (bass), following his 2023 performance as Daland in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman 

Baltic Opera Festival breaks with the stereotype of summer as a time of easy listening and catchy melodies. It offers great spectacles and intimate performances that embrace universally relevant themes. – Jacek Marczyński, Rzeczpospolita

Baltic Opera Festival transcends the operatic form, establishing itself as a space for artistic experimentation, intergenre exchanges, and humanistic reflection. – Aleksandra Kokot, TVN