"His Mastersingers - transparent, lithe, witty, deeply moving... I haven't heard a Mastersingers as youthfully fresh and uplifting as this in decades."
Hugh Canning,
The Times
After
the German reunification, Mo. Fritzsch was able to accept engagements outside
of Eastern Europe. In 1992/3 he worked
as 1st Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Hannover. During that time, Mo. Fritzsch was appointed
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director at the Städtische Bühnen and the
Philharmonisches Orchester in Freiburg. There
he remained until 1999 enjoying widespread acclaim. The Verband Deutscher Musikverleger
(association of German music publishers) honored his 1998/99 season with the
distinction of having the ‘Best Concert Program’.
Mo.
Fritzsch has performed with many orchestras, both within Germany and
internationally. These include:
Hamburger Sinfoniker, Düsseldorfer Sinfoniker, Philharmonie Essen,
Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Staatskapelle Schwerin, Berliner Sinfonie
Orchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock,
Staatsorchester Halle, the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the Norwegian Radio
Orchestra, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique
Strassbourg, the Orchestra National de Montpellier, the Orchestra National du
Capitole de Toulouse, the Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmanian, Queensland and West
Australian Symphony Orchestras and Orchestra Victoria.
Opera
Companies with which he has worked include: Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden,
Opernhaus Köln, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Opera Bastille
Paris, Grazer Oper, the Royal Opera Stockholm, Malmö Operan and Opera Australia
in Sydney and Melbourne (including Wozzeck,
Don Giovanni, Carmen, Tosca, Rigoletto, Salome, Der Rosenkavalier).
Mo.
Fritzsch recently held the position of Chief Conductor of Staatsoper Nürnberg. He is currently Chief Conductor of the Grazer
Oper and Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester, Austria and Chief Conductor of the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra.