“The baritone, Kurt Loft Willett, lent a rich and athletically nimble voice Thursday night both to his earnest paeans to romantic love and his bawdy recitatives to drunken barhopping.”

- Alyn Wambeke, The Times-Union

Mozart Mass in C minor with the National Philharmonic:

“Kurt Loft Willett… sang firmly and with intensity.”

- Mark J. Estren, The Washington Post

Haydn Creation at the Berkshire Choral Festival:

“Baritone Kurt Loft Willett’s velvety smoothness derives from an immaculate enunciation which not only renders his solos with unusual clarity but gives studied focus to his voice placement.”

- Elsbet Wayne, The Berkshire Eagle

Carmina Burana with the Greenville Symphony:

“Willett nearly stole the show with his wide-ranging baritone that slips as easily into the upper register as it slides down the scale to its clear-as-a-bell depth.”

 

- Ann Hicks, The Greenville News 

Bach Christmas Oratorio with the Virginia Symphony:

“Baritone Kurt Willett had a strong, yet agile voice that spoke with authority.”

- LeeTeply, The Virginian-Pilot

"Viva Verdi" concert with the South Bend Symphony:

“As Falstaff, Willett…nailed the ironic humor of the “honor monologue,” in which the dishonorable hero tries to rationalize his bad behavior. Even in Italian, it made perfect sense.”

- Julie York Coppens, South Bend Tribune

As John Proctor in The Crucible:

"Kurt Loft Willett, as John Proctor...showed a good feeling for communicative, not just clearly pronounced, sung English."

         - Andrew Porter, The New Yorker

"...Kurt Loft Willett was an affecting John Proctor."

             - Heidi Waleson, New York Post

As Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream:

"Kurt Loft Willett was a resonant and comically resourceful Bottom..."

       - Peter G. Davies, New York Magazine

"Nearly as good is Kurt Loft Willett as a sonorously sung, charmingly acted Bottom..."

             - John Rockwell, The New York Times

"...the roisterous rustics were brilliantly headed by Kurt Loft Willett as a deliciously down-to-earth Bottom..."

                - Bill Zakariasen, New York Daily News

"Baritone Kurt Loft Willett showed real comic flair as Bottom."

             - Heidi Waleson, New York Post 

In the title role of Jakob Lenz (New York Premiere):

"Kurt Loft Willett impressed in the gruelling role of Jakob Lenz.Willett's performance exemplified both fine diction and dramatically effective singing and acting."

         - John L. DeGaetani, Opera Digest

As Vicar Gedge in Albert Herring:

"But it was the Vicar here, Kurt Loft Willett, who learned Britten's lesson best: every word was musically sung and perfectly understandable to his listeners."

        - Bernard Holland, The New York Times