 An ensemble from the company performed aboard the French frigate "Hermione", a replica of the 32-gun "Concorde" class frigate that once ferried the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States, during its 2015 visit to Alexandria, Virginia.According to the "New York Times", Opera Lafayette has "won consistent praise and loyal audiences for its historically informed productions of French Baroque operas using period instruments, appropriate costumes and elegant dancing".The paper has further described it as "a skillful purveyor of French Baroque operas", while "DC Theatre Scene" has said the company "should be considered a national treasure".