Bass Baritone Damon Nestor Ploumis, for whom Fo wrote a sharp new text, sang with strength and style. As one of the outstanding voices of the evening, one was reminded of the star baritones of the past. Ploumis was also one of the most charismatic in his portrayal.
Etalan Sanomat 19. 02 .03

Don Profondo’s pattersong was dispatched with stunning adroitness by Damon Nestor Ploumis.
Financial Times 23.02.03

Damon Nestor Ploumis was a menacing Mephisto that matched well with Monica Groop. His fine bass rang with metal but with a supreme ease. He has a big future before him. Etalan Sanomat 28.10.2001

Damon Nestor Ploumis as the beggar monk Varlaam plunged into his role and was the only performer who received applause before he even finished the scene.
Die Welt 22.12. 2001

Dominating the proceedings, as Mephistopheles should, Damon Nestor Ploumis brings a rich, powerful bass voice and a deliciously smarmy bearing to one of the lyric theatre’s great villains. Displaying superb agility and elegance in movement and conveying ruthlessnes he reigns over virtually every other being and object on the stage. The Berkshire Eagle August 4, 2004

The favourite of the audience, however, was Damon Nestor Ploumis whose Don Magnifico had a physical comedy bordering on the slapstick without ever going over the top. The supple spark of the higher tones was complemented by the thunderous bass and brilliant comic abandon. Münsterische Zeitung April 2004

Damon Nestor Ploumis is dynamic and hysterical as Dulcamara!
Sydsvenska Dagbladet

Bassobaritoni Damon Nestor Ploumis oli saanut aariaansa Folta uudet terävät sanatja esitti ne vakuuttavan temperamenttisesti ja autoritaarisesti. Äänessä oli parhaimmillaan suurten lavojen sointa ja väriä, muistoja meneiden vuosikzmmenten tähtibaritoneista. Ploumis oli illan kaismaattisimpia esiintyjiä.
Etalan Sanomat 19. 02 .03

Damon Nestor Ploumis is a prime example of a vivacious southern European with a powerful voice and impressive stage craft. His Don Magnifico is however not just a simple comic character, as in many stagings, but posseses to some degree an almost tragic element.
Online Music Magazine April 2004