“Tim Long conducted the Utah Symphony in a colorful performance of Mozart’s rich score.”

“And the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, eloquently conducted by Timothy Long, handles the opera’s challenges with confidence and expressive shading.”

“Pacing is everything in this meticulously interwoven production, and conductor Timothy Long could hardly handle it more adroitly, with lively, spot-on tempos that kept the action — and the comedy — whizzing along.”

“The opening began with a long, but luscious overture under the baton of Timothy Long and the musicians of the Colorado Symphony.…it was beautifully played.”

“A youthful and handsome cast is amazingly well balanced, and the singers work together with conductor Timothy Long to keep Rossini bubbling along merrily.”

“Turning in a superb performance in the pit, up-and-coming conductor Timothy Long captures the score’s propulsive thrust with his keen pacing and draws the best from the young singers and musicians arrayed before him.”

“It was a first-rate production, featuring terrific singing…and brilliant playing from Timothy Long’s pit orchestra.”

“New to CU Opera is Timothy Long, guest music director for this production. He has a full command of the score, stressing that despite its melodic richness there is nothing saccharine about it, for throughout the work Heggie keeps a firmly defined distance from sentimentality.”

“Conductor Timothy Long drew superb performances from the musicians, members of the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Studies Program, as well as the fifteen opera soloists and twelve-member chorus. That the voices were always audible above the orchestra is a tribute to both the composer and the conductor.”

“Timothy Long expertly conducted the difficult score, and seemed quite at home directing the club-influenced method of throwing the tune back and forth between the band and the orchestra. Both ensembles played sensitively, and seemed at ease with the harmonic and rhythmic language of the score. When the full company was in action—reliving the fights or relating to each other—the entire production gleamed with energy.”

“The well-drilled chorus adds a lot to the performance. Same for the excellent orchestra in the pit and jazz band located upstage, all conducted in sure, expressive fashion by Timothy Long.”

“All the while, the pit orchestra of Saint Louis Symphony pros, conducted by Timothy Long, evokes breadth, depth, and color from Puccini’s rich score. It’s the perfect marriage of music and singing.”

“Conductor Timothy Long scored a solid success in the pit, leading his singers and the Saint Louis Symphony with feeling, accuracy and singable tempos.”

“Conductor Tim Long conducted with real feeling and a singer’s sense of tempos.”

“The production’s musical assets were capped by a vibrant orchestra and the alert, sensitive conducting of Timothy Long.”

“Conductor Timothy Long had his hands full; the small orchestra is constantly divided into numerous subgroups and because of space limitations the larger instruments had to be placed up on the floor behind him. His balancing and pacing of this complex score were admirable.”

“The orchestra made a sturdy, colourful effort led with admirable sensitivity by Timothy Long.”

“Conductor Timothy Long deserves much credit for leading both instrumentalists and singers in a flawless performance.”