Reviews by
Press
Opera News
Opera Today
The Wall Street Journal
OnStage Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Schmopera
New England Theatre Geek
Theater Times
Boston Musical Intelligencer
Woman with eyes closed
as Thomas
“Tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica exploded onto the stage as Thomas and nailed the landing. Torrents of emotion poured out of him as he threatened, cajoled, and berated his mother. He screamed, but his voice just as readily rendered the pain of a scared boy. Mona was tailor-made for Arwady, an established artist in her prime, and she was superb in the role. Laucerica’s Thomas was drawn from whole cloth and just as perfect a fit.”
WOMAN WITH EYES CLOSED
Pittsburgh Opera
CLASSICAL VOICE NORTH AMERICA, April 2025
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“Tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica, as Thomas, the thief, delivered a captivating performance, acting and singing in a fashion that made hopes for his return to Pittsburgh Opera.”
WOMAN WITH EYES CLOSED
Pittsburgh Opera
ONSTAGE PITTSBURGH, April 2025
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“Singer Fran Daniel Laucerica brought a compelling nastiness to the role early on.”
WOMAN WITH EYES CLOSED
Pittsburgh Opera
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, May 2025
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“She is in many respects the opposite of her son, whose ascendent tenor exists on a separate plain, and never manages to reach an understanding of the earthly consequence of what he has done.”
WOMAN WITH EYES CLOSED
Pittsburgh Opera
PITTSBURGH QUARTERLY, May 2025
Armida
as Rinaldo
“Brilliantly serving as the counterpart to her amorous vacillations, tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica invests the male lead of Rinaldo with a heroic vocal intensity… he offers a consistently powerful performance, even as he maintains the inscrutability of a character torn between love and duty, again and again.”
ARMIDA
Pittsburgh Opera
PITTSBURGH QUARTERLY, January 2025
tosca
as Spoletta
"And, as Spoletta, Fran Daniel Laucerica is riveting as Scarpia’s obedient sidekick. His tenor voice is only overshadowed by his authoritative stage presence."
TOSCA
Pittsburgh Opera
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRAL PITTSBURGH, October 2024
Pagliacci
as Beppe
“Fran Daniel Laucerica made every moment count in his animated, personable role assumption as Beppe. Mr. Laucerica’s sweetly shining tenor served up the Serenade as a witty, tuneful delight.”
PAGLIACCI
The Glimmerglass Festival
OPERA TODAY, August 2024
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“Fran Daniel Laucerica (Peppe), with his light, pretty tenor, inhabited his play-within-a-play role (Arlecchino)”
PAGLIACCI
The Glimmerglass Festival
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, August 2024
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“Tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica, who returned to the stage as Beppe, gave a delightful performance, both by his singing and his comic stage deportment. He’s definitely proved himself as one of the finest tenors that the company’s Resident Artists program has delivered to Pittsburgh audiences.
PAGLIACCI
Pittsburgh Opera
ONSTAGE PITTSBURGH, November 2024
Proving up
as Miles Zegner
Fran Daniel Laucerica, the gifted singer we’re just getting to know, last evening gave a marvelous display of his vocal and acting abilities in the role of Miles Zegner. He acted in a manner that suited the bleakness that surrounded his character, and sang with a pure and ringing tenor voice that made quite an impression. He exuded a dynamic personality that kept his listeners focused on his characterization, and sang with appealing tones that made an excellent imprint from the start. Opera News has deemed him “a very promising high tenor,” and it’s a very fair assessment on the part of the magazine."
PROVING UP
Pittsburgh Opera
ONSTAGE PITTSBURGH, February 2024
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“The residents typically fill the casts for these contemporary shows, and they did so Saturday with aplomb. Particularly excellent were Fran Daniel Laucerica as Miles, with a sweet tenor imbued with a refreshing optimism in the face of the rest of the opera’s gloom…”
PROVING UP
Pittsburgh Opera
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, February 2024
The little prince
as The Vain Man/The Snake
"Fran Daniel Laucerica as The Snake and The Vain Man also left a great impression: he produced a real contrast in tonal color between the two characters, and his agile turn as the Vain Man was only helped by hilarious antics with a kazoo that were a delight to watch."
THE LITTLE PRINCE
NEMPAC Opera Project
SCHMOPERA, June 2019
Cendrillon
as Comte Barigoule
"The inclusion of the hysterically overconfident valet, Comte Barigoule played with decadent indulgence by Fran Daniel Laucerica, is what rescues this story. Switching places with the prince for the night, Laucerica had fun with the character and elevated the performances of his costars. Tackling runs in a clear tenor, Laucerica also engaged in entertaining physical comedy with Brian Gonzalez, the Prince’s footman. He leaned into the character effectively, garnering the first applause of the night at the top of Act II."
CENDRILLON
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
THE THEATER TIMES, May 2018
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"Among the singers, Kathryn McKellar (Cendrillon), Jeremy Ayres Fisher (Prince Charming), Junhan Choi (Baron de Pictordu), and Fran Daniel Laucerica (Count Barigoule) proved most noteworthy."
CENDRILLON
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble
BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER, May 2018