The performance under Prof. Helge Dorsch was a grand musical experience.
Garmisch-Partenkirchener Tagblatt

Helge Dorsch was able to bring out the stylistic variety of the score with great sensibility... A remarkable musical event.
Münchner Merkur

The performance on Saturday set new standards, thanks to Helge Dorsch´s musical direction and a brilliant rendering by the chorus and orchestra.
Haller Kreisblatt

The Festival Orchestra, conducted by Helge Dorsch, evoked repeatedly spontaneous applause …. At the end applause for several minutes and standing ovations by the 4000 spectators.
Westfalen-Blatt

Under the direction of Helge Dorsch, the orchestra produced an extremely multi-faceted sound full of warmth and dramatic elan.
Die Glocke

Under Helge Dorsch´s baton, the Festival Orchestra played accurately and full of temperament. During the forte- and fortissimo-passages, one could literally physically feel the fervent emotions.
Neue Westfälische

The orchestra was convincing with its homogeneous sound, melding the strings and the wind instruments together with agility.
Bonner Generalanzeiger

In the opera "Carmen", the sound of the orchestra has to "explode". This was exactly the case during the sold-out performance at the Clingenberg Festival. The orchestra, under Helge Dorsch´s most inspiring direction, unleashed a brilliant and opulent sound full of gorgeous musical colours, along with a scintillating verve and fascinating precision.
Main-Echo

Conductor Helge Dorsch was -also physically- totally dedicated to the performance. From the very beginning of the prelude, moving briskly, he demanded everything from the Festival Orchestra.
Offenbach-Post

The orchestra, which reached its top form in the Verdi and Bizet-sections, proved to be a homogeneous ensemble. The prisonors chorus was rendered with empathy and passion. The brilliant Spanish rhythms fully inspired the public….Ecstatic applause.
Rheinpfalz Zeitung (Opera Concert)

The chorus and orchestra of the Loreley Festival, under the baton of Helge Dorsch, contributed with great professionality to a romantic opera evening.
Berliner Morgenpost

The orchestra under the direction of Helge Dorsch understands how to establish close contact with the audience and offered an excellent performance.
Aachener Zeitung

Helge Dorsch undisputedly is one of the great conductors of our time… ....Standing ovations.
Münsterland Zeitung

The orchestra played splendidly under the baton of Helge Dorsch, who did not bury his face in the score, but rather had the score in his head, conducting the work precisely from memory….. sensitive colouring in flutes and strings, transparent brass passages,….a dignified and elegant rendering with technical perfection and emotional empathy…..Long-lasting applause.
Weilburger Tageblatt

The orchestra interpreted Bizet´s music in a pleasing manner.
Die Rheinpfalz

In the person of Helge Dorsch, the entire ensemble had a leader of professional quality, who, with his precise baton technique and energetic and emotional articulation, inspired the orchestra, chorus and soloists to remarkable heights. We may incidentally note that he conducted the whole work from memory - an impressive feat.
Coburger Tageblatt

The musical director brought out the passion of the music through his precise and enthusiastic conducting, transporting us into the heat of Sevilla´s bullfighting arena. He accompanied the soloists with a clear, engaging orchestral sound and left no doubt about who was the leader. He kept the soloists and orchestra on tempo - no excessive freedoms, even for the stars - and led the entire festival ensemble to a hot- blooded, and, in every respect, thrilling opera evening.
Coburger Neue Presse

Bizet`s work splendidly played (Headline) The performance was marked by a homogeneous sound and precise entrances, even during the turbulent scenes. This is not easy in the "Felsendom", where the musical director has to conduct from memory to both sides (orchestra left, stage right). Helge Dorsch interpreted the interludes with great empathy and vivacity, not just "beating time".
Westfalenpost

…the dramatic finale under the direction of Helge Dorsch was musically convincing.
Kölner Rundschau

With self-assurance and brisk tempi, Helge Dorsch led chorus and orchestra securely through the evening.
Oldenburger Volkszeitung

With precise and expressive conducting, Helge Dorsch was able to articulate and differentiate the finest nuances as well as to maintain an energetic tempo. Through his subtle leadership, tension could arise without artificial effects. Helge Dorsch also succeeded admirably in bringing out the comical effects as well as invoking French elegance through his light phrasing. Highly impressive was the conductor´s virtuoso baton technique, through which he united singers and orchestra into a harmonious ensemble and, conducting from memory, inspired them to the highest levels of performance all evening long. The interpretation, extremely true to the score, moved the audience to enthusiastic applause.
Grafschafter Nachrichten

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