“Sound designer Garth MacAleavey has performed some acoustic miracles, making the score feel crisp, thundering, and tender.”
— Variety
“the key craft element is Garth MacAleavey’s sound design, which makes every lyric clear as a bell, every note of music crystalline.”
— The Hollywood Reporter
“I’ve never heard a show sound so good in the Armory’s vast Drill Hall, The sound design is by Garth MacAleavey.”
— The New York Times
“The 14-person band gorgeously re-creating the symphonic flourishes of the album, which we feel permeating our skin thanks to the excellent sound design of Garth MacAleavey.”
— Theater Mania
“sound designer Garth MacAleavey has worked some aural wizardry with the score to make it feel RAZOR-edged, resonant, and pixelated.”
— All Musicals
“Unseen but felt: the sound Design, by Garth MacAleavey, is aggressive, and at times bombastic, in ways that complement the work. Amplified voices grow strident at peaks. The opera’s ending comes awash in electric distortion.”
— The New York Times