Cosi' fan tutte season opening at Minnesota Opera: "...Conductor Christopher Franklin led a schrewdly paced reading of the score, probing emotional depths while encouraging excellent articulation from the orchestra and a strong sense of ensemble from everyone involved, which is the main clue to success in this opera....(M. Anthony, MinnPost.com, Sept.27, 2011)

"...making light work of the work's challenges...conductor Christopher Franklin melds romantic expressivity with elements of period style.  Orchestra ensemble is tight, even in the breathless finale of Act 1...   (L. Fuchsberg, Minnesota Star Tribune, Sept.26, 2011)

Review of newly released CD of Rossini's La Gazzetta on the Naxos label:"Conductor Christopher Franklin paces the music superbly and manages to keep the breakneck ensembles flying in perfect synch.  The Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno....their playing is precise and stylish at all times." (Derek Greten-Harrison, Opera News, March, 2011).