Conductor James Gaffigan plans to give Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre a big injection of Ozempic at the Santa Fe Opera this summer.

Opera World writes: “In the pit, the maestro Gaffigan, Music Director of the theater, successfully conducted the ever-more-excellent Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.”

The Stage writes: “Conductor James Gaffigan brings out a tonally rich performance from the Komische Oper orchestra, tearing into the opening acts at full tilt, but calming down for the second half, in which love and emotion are the watchwords.”

Bachtrack writes: ‟The secret ingredient may have been debuting conductor James Gaffigan, an American maestro well represented in Europe […]”