“Farrell’s Wagner shimmers and dazzles with a multitude of colours and character, yet never for a single bar is suspected of pathos or kitsch.”

— Opernwelt, June 2025 (Tristan und Isolde, Staatstheater Meiningen)

“… he develops such a magical sound and dramatic fury from finely woven chamber music elements that one truly needn’t fear for the future of the Wagner conductors’ guild.”

— Oper! Magazin, May 2025 (Tristan und Isolde, Staatstheater Meiningen)

“Farrell unleashes a sonic apocalypse with a neurotoxic touch…”

— Concerti.de, April 2025 (Tristan und Isolde, Staatstheater Meiningen)

“At the centre of a successful premiere evening is Killian Farrell. The young firebrand inspires everyone, carrying not only the performers along, but also the audience.”

— O-Ton, February 2025

“…Killian Farrell also triumphs, masterfully conducting the evening from the conductor’s podium with disarming musicality.”

— Rheinische Post, February 2025

“Killian Farrell, conducting the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra’s Dido and Aeneas, makes a dramatic musical transition from the first part with a precisely playing continuo group, immersing himself with absolute sensitivity in the delicate Baroque sounds.”

— Omm.de, February 2025

“…Killian Farrell shows a transparent severity in unusually bright and clear colours… [the] orchestra holds its own with excellent balance and noble distinction […] and in doing so develops a dazzling spectrum of detail with the singers, who are excellently led by Farrell.”

— CONCERTI MAGAZINE, September 2024

“…He took it by storm, grippingly but without excessive pathos, delicately with a sense of subtlety … Farrell is a stroke of luck for Meiningen.”

— FREIES WORT, September 2024

“… Farrell […] ignites a magnificent frenzy within the orchestra.”

— SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, September 2024

“Twenty minutes before the start of the performance, Farrell is still sitting at the grand piano in the foyer to explain to the audience in a fantastically engaging ​“introduction to the work” how Verdi’s leitmotifs differ from those of other composers. Shortly afterwards, he is standing in the orchestra pit. Light and shadow arrange as if by themselves in the finely graded wind and string colours of the Meiningen court orchestra.”

— VAN MAGAZIN, September 2024

“He has a sure sense of the tempo of the evening, leaving enough space for the quiet moments to drive the orchestra and soloists into a mad frenzy in the turbulent scenes…”

— MDR MITTELDEUTSCHLANDRADIO, October 2023