San Francisco Symphony “The final effect was like that of a pointillist painting — impressive whether seen from a distance or up close, at the level of a speck.” -San Francisco Classical Voice
ReviewSan Francisco Symphony “making a powerful and often ingenious case for a vibrant slice of midcentury Americana” -San Francisco Chronicle
Dallas SymphonyReview Dallas Symphony and Chorus “under conductor Gaffigan was very fine indeed” -Theater Jones
Dallas SymphonyReview “Gaffigan, Dallas Symphony and Chorus bring out the dark brilliance of ‘The Bells'” -Texas Classical Review
Dallas SymphonyReview “Flashy Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff from conductor James Gaffigan, the Dallas Symphony and Chorus” -Dallas News
Luzerner SinfonieorchesterReview “James Gaffigan offered a captivating, American-influenced program” -Luzerner Zeitung
Bayerische StaatsoperLa fanciulla del WestReview “Gaffigan led the Bayerische Staatsorchester in a strikingly cinematic way, accompanying every transition with luscious colors creating an, one must almost say, orgasm of sound.”-BachTrack
Bayerische StaatsoperLa fanciulla del WestReview ‘’James Gaffigan allows the wonderfully tempered orchestra to run, jump and hop and only puts the brakes on their high-spirit in the last possible second, thus providing the necessary emotional urgency to drive this frenzied drama forward in a sparkling and vital fashion.’’-Süddeutsche Zeitung
Bayerische StaatsoperLa fanciulla del WestPuccini Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Munich) features Gaffigan: “He burns for the theater, is crazy about the big stage.”
Luzerner SinfonieorchesterReview “Lucerne Symphony Orchestra plays lively and elegantly, with the finest dynamic nuances, confidently led by James Gaffigan” -Luzerner Zeitung