A year ago the newly formed On Site Opera made its initial splash with Shostakovich’s “Tale of the Silly Baby Mouse” at the Bronx Zoo. An economical staging and whimsical puppet protagonists enchanted audience members of all ages; connoisseurs, meanwhile, could hardly miss the seriousness and skill of the undertaking.

Now and then you witness a debut so happy and so rich with potential that you can’t wait to share the news.

-The New York Times, June 25, 2012