An Inspector Calls: "The brilliant special effects out Disney-Disney"  ̶  Clive Barnes, NY POST
 

Geniuses: "Great special effects"  ̶  Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST

"Magisterial special effects team"  ̶  John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"The special effects... bash the stage with enough rain to drown Ranchipur... a typhoon
easily a match for the 'K2' avalanche."  ̶  Mel Gussow, NY TIMES

"Not only creates the best typhoon I have ever seen on stage, but has the best bio
I have seen in a theatre program."  ̶  THE VILLAGE VOICE
 

Portraits In Reflection: "Astounding lighting also computerizes reality. A glowing orb above the stage,
a flower appears, changes color, explodes in a flash of light."  ̶  NEW YORK TIMES
 

Nabucco: "God used dazzling laser beams for the lightning that struck both Nabucco and Abagaile
for their hubris... special attention was lavished on picturesque and startling stage effects...
Baal's statue was blown apart by what seemed to be a small nuclear device."  ̶  NEW YORK TIMES

"This was a show where one went out humming the special effects."  ̶  CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"Some of the greatest pyrotechnic feats seen on any stage. Flaming torches and bolts of lightning
brought realism and a touch of theatrical magic to the production."  ̶  MIAMI NEWS

"Special effects as dazzling as 'Close Encounters'... fires, thunder, lightning, smoke and pyrotechnics
of every imaginable sort worthy of movie spectaculars."  ̶  MIAMI SUN
 

War & Peace: "The detonations at Borodino, illuminating cameos of battle action behind the scrim,
unleashed a powerful odor of gunpowder but were artfully timed."  ̶  THE NEW YORKER

"There hasn't been such a pungent scent of gunpowder in the area since Concord bridge
as flares went soaring skyward, and the burning of Moscow sent billows of smoke across the stage."
 ̶  THE NATIONAL OBSERVER

"The Battle of Borodino in all of its blood-curdling might"  ̶  NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"The smoke and flames of burning Moscow (ravaged once again by Esquire Jauchem's
incredible special effects)"  ̶  THE BOSTON PHOENIX

"It burns Moscow as its inhabitants did in 1812, filling the Orpheum Theatre with smoke
and simulated flame... creating an awesome spectacle to magnificent music."
 ̶  Elliot Norton, BOSTON HERALD  ̶  MIAMI SUN
 

Der Freischutz: "Appropriately spooky special effects... The opera's terrifying climax  ̶
The Wolf's Glen Scene  ̶  with it's flock of birds, wild boar, hounds of hell, and the demon Samiel...
was the tour de force it should be."  ̶  THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"During the macabre drama, particularly in the haunted forest scene, the special effects
by Jauchem & Meeh manage to frighten us to the point where we don't want to laugh, which isn't
an easy job considering our skeptical contemporary eyes and ears."  ̶  THE NEW YORK POST

"The pandemonium is the expert work of special effects artists Esquire Jauchem and Gregory Meeh.
Unlike their Met counterparts, they have not stinted on the printed stage-directions!"
 ̶  NEW YORK MAGAZINE
 

Othello & La Boheme: "Special effects were spectacular. The first act storm and cannon fire
almost had the audience ducking for cover while smoke drifted across the stage, lightning bolts smote
the atmosphere and storm winds howled. During Othello's love duet with Desdemona
'The Burning Pleiades' lighted the heavens"  ̶  ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

"Tenor James McCracken made a point of saying that he was absolutely sure that Jauchem was
working on the atomic bomb!"  ̶  ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
 

The Vampyre: "The stage effects...include great clouds of fog and a moon that
shifts in the best eerie manner from ghastly white to blood red. Added touches include flying bats,
streaks of lightning and bursts of thunder"  ̶  Paul Hume, WASHINGTON POST
 

La Donna Del Lago: "A meteorite appeared at one point, fog billowed from behind every rock."
 ̶  NEW YORK TIMES

"The startling phenomenon of a gleaming silver comet rushing on a diagonal trajectory."
 ̶  HOUSTON CHRONICLEs
 

Relative Calm: "Stars and moon like those of God the Father"  ̶  LE MONDE, Paris
 

The Flying Dutchman & Aida: "The special effects were the work of Esquire Jauchem,
whose smoke, fire, and storms have added wondrously to the dramatic impact of the
Boston troupe's engagement here."  ̶  Paul Hume, WASHINGTON POST
 

Media: "Not only does the temple go up in flames, but Medea herself ascends in a fiery chariot
to rejoin her ancestor, the sun. Then in a coup worthy of Samson, the temple crumbles and collapses
amid the cowering cast."  ̶  BERKSHIRE EAGLE
 

Be Glad Then America: "...a major victory in the Bicentennial cultural events race."  ̶  NEW YORK TIME

Electronic fireworks display later used by the National Symphony as they played the National Anthem
for the July 4, 1976 Bicentennial and broadcast nationally.