The director and designers Jeremy Knight (video projections), Rob Anderson (lighting) and Leah Slyder Vass (costumes) envision Nurnberg as a quaint vacation destination; the production opens on a double row of chairs flanked by two movable panels and a video screen. The chorus members file onto the stage as if they're boarding a plane, with flight attendants miming the preflight spiel. Rear-projected video images suggest takeoff and, moments later, a landing in the German village.
     —Georgia Rowe, Contra Costa Times

Sharon's production, abetted by Jeremy Knight's beautiful visual projections, does a fine job of bringing home the opera's blend of romance and seriousness.
     —Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle