These are some press comments on Weill's "One Touch of Venus" at the Freiburg Theater, December 1998:
Over the years Freiburg has staged a record number of Weill productions - more than any other German theatre I can think of - including such rarities as Johnny Johnson, Street Scene and last year's brilliant Silbersee. The man behind it is Patrik Ringborg, the 34-year-old Swedish First Kapellmeister, a genuine Weillian and solidly at home in Weill's two worlds, as he proved again - after Silbersee - at the helm of the Freiburg Philharmonic for One Touch of Venus on December 23. ... But then one can only marvel at the melodic riches of the scores, with one catchy tune succeeding the next, setting the audience tapping its feet. Ringborg keeps the tunes constantly alive - he has an uncanny sense of timing and obviuosly enjoys granting Weill all his sophisticated Broadway refinement, paying scrupulous attention to the score's countless felicities of orchestration.Back to the Press page
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