The Telegraph: “The Edinburgh International Festival is taking opera seriously this summer, and among its imports will be this riveting, moving reinvention of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro by the Komische Oper from Berlin”
“James Gaffigan steers the Komische Oper orchestra around the sublime music with unobtrusive skill. Like it or hate it, this show is a creative ferment which must be seen”
Süddeutsche Zeitung: “James Gaffigan, the new General Music Director of the Komische Oper, ignites Mozart’s music”
“Undivided approval in Berlin’s Schillertheater”
Taz: “Above all, the voices have to stand up to the Komische Oper orchestra, which is an absolute force, insists on its own role in the drama under the direction of James Gaffigan and plays a Mozart that you don’t hear anywhere else (these days)”
“Often dramatically effervescent, often over-pointing with verve, then again tenderly accompanying, this orchestra empathizes with the people’s search for love on stage and drives the twisted plot forward to the best of its ability. This is musical in the very best sense”
