Johannes Fritzsch
Johannes Fritzsch was born in Meissen, Germany, in 1960. His higher education was received at the Carl Maria von Weber Music Academy in Dresden, where he majored in conducting and piano.
In 1982, Johannes Fritzsch was appointed 2nd Kapellmeister at the Volkstheater in Rostock. In 1987 he accepted the position of Kapellmeister with the Staatsoper Dresden, Semperoper, where he conducted more than 350 opera and ballet performances in five years.
After German reunification Johannes 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, he was appointed Music Director and Chief Conductor at the Städtische Bühnen and the Philharmonisches Orchester in Freiburg.
Johannes Fritzsch has conducted many orchestras including the Hamburger Sinfoniker, Düsseldorfer Sinfoniker, Philharmonie Essen, Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Staatskapelle Schwerin, Berliner Sinfonie Orchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Staatsorchester Halle, the radio orchestras of Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo, Orchestre Philharmonique Strassbourg as well as the Philharmonic Orchestras of Montpellier and Toulouse, the Sydney Symphony, Orchestra Victoria and the Tasmanian, West Australian Symphony Orchestras and The Queensland Orchestra.
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 and Der Rosenkavalier).
Johannes Fritzsch presently holds the position of Music Director and Chief Conductor of Staatsoper Nürnberg. He has also been appointed Chief Conductor of the Philharmonisches Orchester Graz and Grazer Oper, Austria.
In 2008, Johannes Fritzsch takes up the role of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of The Queensland Orchestra.
Johannes Fritzsch