[I] feel all the wiser for having at last been given the opportunity to hear a modern performance of this very important work, it's part of the missing link in our knowledge of British music theatre...[the cast] all sing with total dedication and conviction. It isn't at all difficult to understand Maritana's popularity, nor with the ensuing snobbery of the twentieth century, why it fell out of favour.

The music is effortlessly tuneful, if occasional banal...[Cullagh's] light lyric soprano is just perfect for the [title] role and her diction is as clear as Waterford crystal...this reissue is worth exploring, not least to hear Cullagh's assumption of the title-role.