"Adam Plachetka’s dark-toned Masetto was a pleasant surprise – a personality and voice travelling easily out into the amphitheatre"

The Arts Desk, January 2012

"a forceful, strikingly handsome Masetto from Adam Plachetka"

The Guardian, January 2012

"Adam Plachetka revealed a sonorous bass-baritone as Masetto and was one of the few singers onstage whom I want to hear again; he will sing Figaro at Glyndebourne, which in itself tells you that this debut was one to note."

OMH Music Review, January 2012

"Adam Plachetka’s Masetto was endearingly characterised and solidly sung throughout."

Classicalsource.com, January 2012

"Auch wenn der ursprünglich in der Titelrolle angesetzte Bo Skovhus absagen musste, hat man an der Staatsoper den blutjungen Adam Plachetka im Ensemble, der übernehmen kann. Zur Premiere noch der Masetto, gab er nun also sein Debüt als Titelheld, und es fiel gelungen und vielversprechend aus. Er überzeugt mit seinem gut geführten, dunkel timbrierten Bassbariton, wird mit der Zeit auch die vertrackte Champagnerarie perlender in die Kehle bekommen und seinem blitzsauber gemeisterten Ständchen noch ein paar Nuancen abgewinnen können. Optisch und darstellerisch ist er jedenfalls jetzt schon ein Ideal-Giovanni.”“The original Don Giovanni, Bo Skovhus, has had to withdraw, but at the Vienna State Opera they have the very young Adam Plachetka in the ensemble, who was able to take over. Adam’s house debut was last season as Masetto, and now he is making his successful and promising role debut in a title role. He convinced with his well-run, dark bass-baritone timbre which will only get more sparkling over time, the champagne aria and his squeaky clean yet mastered serenade also enchanted. Visually and dramatically, he is certainly now an ideal Giovanni.”

Die Presse, September 2011

"Even though Suh’s pure crystalline soprano was ravishing, it was the team of Fajtová and Plachetka that towered over the production’s liabilities...Plachetka burst on the scene with the heroic “Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto,” horns and drums ablaze, followed by the tender “Vieni, o cara, a consolarmi,” expressing his great vocal as well as expressive range. [Plachetka was MusicalAmerica.com’s New Musician of the Month, in February.] At 23, his lustrous voice, easily riding Handel’s punishing coloratura, is dark and focused, mature beyond its years. It makes sense that one of Plachetka’s idols, Samuel Ramey, made his Met debut in the very same role."   

April 09MusicalAmerica.com, April 2009

"luxury casting...One also took note of bass-baritone Adam Plachetka as the Gamekeeper"   

MusicalAmerica.com, August 2008