"The role of Nemorino is a gift for the right kind of singing actor, something like an operatic Roberto Benigni. Tonight it was taken by Alexander Pidgen, who brought to it just the right combination of gormless befuddlement in his acting and genuine beauty in his singing. “Una furtiva lagrima” may not come as early in the opera as the dreaded “Celeste Aida”, but it’s surely one of the most exposed arias in the repertoire, accompanied in the main just by harp arpeggios and the occasional woodwind melody echoing the singer. Here at least no amount of bluster will disguise a flawed technique, but Pidgen passed the test admirably."    

Roger Smith (BachTrack)