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.”