Best opera productions nationwide: Eötvös’s opera has enjoyed extraordinary success alas in concert form only (The Times, 26.08.01about  Tri sestri of Peter Eötvös at the Edinburgh Festival ) Peter Eötvös and Errico Fresis conducting the two orchestras drawn from the BBC … an authoritative performance (Sunday Times,  2.9.2001about Tri sestri of Peter Eötvös at the Edinburgh Festival) a fabulous performance for its British premiere (The scotsman, 27-08-01 about Tri sestri of Peter Eötvös at the Edinburgh Festival) With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Eotvos and Errico Fresis the action moved with easy certainty, and the cast was remarkably assured. A fascinating experience (The Guardian, 27.08.01 about Tri sestri of Peter Eötvös at the Edinburgh Festival) The members of the Philharmonic Orchestra in their best form under Errico Fresis have performed with all the colors and expression  pathos of the score (M.Gassmann, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 5.5.2001 about The turn of the screw in Freiburg) Following the solistic character of the score, Errico Fresis guides his musicians with an equaly great precision and expression. He  made every detail, every colour auditible, creating a sensual and metaphysical interpretation . (Fritz Wintterlin, Badische Zeitung, 30.4.2001about The turn of the screw in Freiburg) The maestro presents Verdi not in the popular way but shows him as innovator of opera. Fresis seems to be aware of all the novelties in the score and he performs them meticulously, without playing the schoolmaster. With his right hand he firmly keeps the beat, sometimes with clever rubati and extended general pauses. However, his heart beats in  his left hand! Fresis joyfully pulls through all the legati, he lets the vocalists breathe, the strings flicker (when have we heard them like this before?), he dashes into the fortissimo moments with verve and brings out even the finest structures of the music. It is fantastic to see all this. And to hear, because the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra willingly follows any gesture of his new conductor. What General Music Director Kwamé Ryan so far did not achieve, his new Principal Conductor finally succeeds in: namely a new and flawless orchestral sound, a fine and concentrated performance, even chamber-music like and highly emotional at the same time. The Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra presents itself as first-class orchestra! This evening completely belongs to the orchestra and its new Principal Conductor. Welcome Errico Fresis! (Axel Brüggemann, reporter of „Opernglas“, at „Kultur Joker“, June 6th, 2000, about TROVATORE in Freiburg) (...) The new Principal Conductor, Errico Fresis, let his musicians present the structure of the music in an highly impressive style.  Fresis demanded a light-footed, but also strict and precise parlando, the accompanying figures during arias and ensembles were clearly formed, and with a lot of sensitivity he put special emphasis on the eager  agitation of the figures on stage. (May 29th, 2000, Badische Zeitung, about TROVATORE in Freiburg) (...) Errico Fresis had a highly impressive debut as new Principal Conductor of the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra. With ease and sensitivity he led the orchestra through the softest moments of the musical score, he gave room to the rapidly progressing „melodia spezzata“. It was obvious that the vocalists as well felt at ease with their  new conductor. (May 31st, 2000, Zeitung zum Abend, about TROVATORE in Freiburg) (...) Conductor Errico Fresis lets it sound like a sparkling Champagne. Always with the typical plasticity of Waltz, never  forgets  the humour of the instrumentation and still gives the feeling of watching a society dance aside of a volcano who is going to explode. His way to read the score is very near to Harnoncourts spirit. (Axel Brüggemann, reporter of „Opernglas“, at „Kultur Joker“, 22.12.2000, about FLEDERMAUS in Freiburg) (...) The fine way, in which Errico Fresis lets this genius score to be heard, is a sign for his qualities. As he wrote in the programme notes about his interpretation, he lets never noblesse, humour and finesse get lost in favour of superficial effects – he is interpreting the score like chamber music (H.W. Koch, reporter of  “Opernwelt”, at Badische Zeitung, 4.12.2000 about FLEDERMAUS in Freiburg) (...) Errico Fresis, the conductor of the world premiere, managed to present a highly respected performance. Conducting with a lot of refinement, he remained master of every situation. The musicians of the Saarbrücken State Theatre Orchestra were faced with a real challenge and achieved a great success. („Die Rheinpfalz“, October 21st,  1997, on the world premiere of Tobias Schneid: „swin swin“, State Theatre Saarbrücken) (...)The complex rhythms, the various tone colours, the gestures and the transparency of the musical score are performed by the musicians of the Saarbrücken State Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Errico Fresis in a highly distinct way. (nmz, November 1997, on the occasion of the world premiere of Tobias Schneid: „swin swin“,  State Theatre Saarbrücken) In the case of a concert the biggest part of which is dedicated to Luigi Nono one cannot really speak of a highlight. Nonos music goes far beyond the bounds of our aesthetic sense following his idea of plainness. (...) Considering, however, how intolerant we still encounter his music it is a great satisfaction to notice that within the frame of a concert of the Wiener Klangforum under the direction of Errico Fresis Nonos music was perfectly performed and also met with great approval. (Der Standard, Vienna, March 3rd, 1991, on a concert with  music of Monteverdi and Nono with the Klangforum Wien at the Vienna Konzerthaus) (...) Saarbrücken is looses one of its most unconventional musicians: Errico Fresis, head of musical staff and conductor at the Saarbrücken State Theatre as well as artistic and musical director of Ensemble PanArte, goes to Freiburg. (...) Fresis was always  surprising the music scene of Saarbrücken, like at the Saarbrücken State  Theatre with the world premiere of „swin swin“ or most recently with Cages „Europeras 3&4“. Freiburg can be looking forward to a musician full of ideas. (Saarbrücker Zeitung, June 8th, 2000)