“The various primary roles were covered by a generally young team, among which the Young Servant by Lucas van Lierop stood out (in a short but complicated part at a rhythmic and tessitura level)”
Ópera Actual | March 27, 2024

“The remaining roles reflected the quality and renown of this festival.  Lucas van Lierop, sang the Junger Diener in a bright, well-placed tenor, while Andrew Harris brought a handsome bass to the Alter Diener.”
Opera Traveller | March 27, 2024

“The rest of the cast, […] is of a very high standard, from the promising Lucas van Lierop to the luminous Lauren Fagan.
Classica | April 10, 2024

“Apart from the urgently intoned interjections of the tenor Lucas van Lierop as Young Servant and the declamatory alto Katharina Magiera as First Maid, the other supporting roles remained on the lower level by festival standards”
Online Merker | April 1, 2024

“As soon as Lucas van Lierop, in the smaller character of the protesting scientist Robert Wilson, starts singing, he immediately steals the show.”
Trouw | July 14, 2023 

“In combination with his beautiful tenor voice, which is also convincing in the height, Van Lierop’s character in this production takes on something of a Wagnerian protagonist.”
Opus Klassiek | July 16, 2023

“…the vocally very strong Lucas van Lierop excels. This will undoubtedly be one of the most memorable opera productions of this year.”
Volkskrant | July 16, 2023

“the three ministers, were given plenty of scope by both Puccini’s instrumentation and Kosky’s direction. They noticeably seized that opportunity with both hands and, singing, dancing, joking and grunting, controlled just about the entire performance”
Opus Klassiek | December 4, 2022

“A lyrical highlight is the yearning trio of Ping, Pang and Pong (Germán Olvera, Ya-Chung Huang, Lucas van Lierop), who wish they were far away from this place. Dreamily they lead the loveliest little skulls like singing hand puppets; sublimated, magically illuminated cynicism.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine | December 5, 2022

“…the trio of ministers is exceptional in vocal and scenic dexterity…”
Le Figaro | December 4, 2022

“And whenever the three imperial ministers spoke, the staging received an enormous musical and theatrical boost. Very well sung.”
Trouw | December 4, 2022

“…[the] excellent Ping, Pang, and Pong trio [were] perfect interpreters, vocally and scenically”
Opera Click | December 4, 2022

“Of the soloists, Ping, Pang and Pong were also theatrically stars of the show. With Germán Olvera as a beautiful baritone, who can also be very mean as an actor, and also Lucas van Lierop as a strong tenor and Ya-Chung Huang as a great comedian, whose facial expression can still be followed in detail from 30 meters away, and as an excellent tenor.”
Basia con Fuoco | December 4, 2022

“The three courtiers, with the Disney-like names Ping, Pang and Pong, are played here magnificently, funny, personal and yet quite scary, by Germán Olvera, Ya-Chung Huang and Lucas van Lierop.”
Theater Krant | December 2, 2022

“Tenor Lucas van Lierop sang the Prince in a lyrical-sympathetic way”
Place de l’Opera | June 6, 2022

“The grief was also processed by means of fragments from that opera. Van Lierop recited them with a beautiful and powerful tenor voice […]singer-guitarist van Lierop sang out his grief in Gluck’s famous aria ‘Che farò senza Euridice’. A really impressive moment in the more than 30 minutes long experiment.”
Place de l’Opera | March 7, 2022

The amazingly talented tenor, Lucas van Lierop, gave a mesmerizing performance in the opening aria, all the time accompanying himself on an electric guitar.
Lucas van Lierop was astounding. The depth of emotion portrayed, coupled with the sheer technicality required to master such a performance, was nothing short of amazing.
The Spidy Editor | 27 Feb 2022

 “Orpheus (the beautifully empathetic tenor Lucas van Lierop) sings from the headphones. He interprets fragments from the French version of Gluck’s opera Orphée et Eurydice against an alienating soundscape of softly jeering and splashing electronics. Van Lierop sings flawlessly.”
Theaterkrant | 20 Feb 2022

“Not a lyre to be heard; the leather-clad and excellent tenor Lucas van Lierop as Orphée accompanies himself on electric guitar.”
de Volkskrant | 22 Feb 2022

“Tenor Lucas van Lierop, the excellent and also only singer, performs some of Orféo’s arias, such as the famous ‘J’ai perdu mon Eurydice’, wrapped in leather, and accompanies himself on electric guitar.”
NRC  | 22 Feb 2022

“…tenor Lucas van Lierop as Basilio was an entertaining gossip”
de Volkskrant | 30 Nov 2020

“There was sturdy support in smaller roles from Emanuele Cordaro as the High Priest … of Baal, Lucas van Lierop as Abdallo and a stand-out Verity Wingate as Anna.” 
Bachtrack | 28 January 2020

“Lucas van Lierop perfectly adapts his tenor to the genre; the robust is still there, but at the same time he manages to give a certain shine to his voice that the music of Domenica Cimarosa needs.”
Place de l’Opera | 26 June 2019

“Tenor Lucas van Lierop lived up to the promise that a recent leading role at De Nationale Opera gave…”
Place de l’Opera | 3 June 2019

“Joe Cannon is strongly performed by Lucas van Lierop, a singer of the Dutch National Opera Studio who replaces Paul Appleby in this performance – and with brilliance!”
Klassiek Centraal | 19 March 2019

“Lucas van Lierop, taking over the role of Joe Cannon from Paul Appleby, did an excellent job, as did Ryan McKinny as Clarence”
Opera Magazine | 18 March 2019

Directed by Ted Hoffman, the lively Bernstein was interpreted in a pouty, superficial way, as was the gloomy, menacing destruction of “Twin-Towns” by three avenging angels (wonderful slow-motion trio: Lucas van Lierop, Stefan Kennedy, Alexander de Jong).
Frankfurter Allgemeine | March 31, 2018

“The three mysterious visitors – Lucas van Lierop, Stefan Kennedy and Alexander de Jong – formed a perfect unity and showed strong samples of singing.”
Place de l’Opera | 23 March 2018

“Especially the charismatic tenor Lucas van Lierop stands out: very pronounced and clear in his articulation, secure in his high notes, with a crystal-clear voice, and self-confident in his presentation.”
Eßlinger Zeitung | 8 September 2017

“…tenor Lucas van Lierop [was] equally fervent as Lafitte’s lieutenant.”
Daily Camera | 27 July 2017

“A gifted tenor”
China Daily | 24 August 2012