4th April 2025, Karl Georg Berg, Die Rheinpfalz "The recent concert program of the German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate under Chief Conductor Michael Francis was enchanting, and not only…
1st April 2025, Mannheimer Morgen "When, after the noise of war with drums and trumpets, the final plea for peace, "dona pace," has faded away in the Musensaal, it is…
17th January 2025, Horst Reischenböck, Die Salzburger Kulturzeitung "[Wagner's Ring Without Words was] opulently cast, with about eight double basses and a quartet of horns and Wagner tubes each, excellently…
17th September 2024, Karl Georg Berg, Die Rheinpfalz "He always found the right tone for Copland's music and had the State Philharmonic play magnificently and intensely in all registers. As…
29th September 2024, Karl Georg Berg, Die Rheinpfalz "The German State Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate under chief conductor Michael Francis played Anton Bruckner's fourth symphony three times in a phenomenal way,…
27th September 2024, Frank Pommer, Die Rheinpfalz "Recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies fill entire CD shelves. But this one with Michael Francis at the podium of the German State…
15th September 2024, Frank Pommer, Die Rheinpfalz "The State Philharmonic's “Modern Times” festival is designed precisely for works that you can rarely, perhaps only experience once in your entire life,…
9th September 2024, Gereon Hoffmann, Die Rheinpfalz "The passion of the performance [of Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale] and the intensity of the game and presentation were very impressive and…
7th September 2024, Susanne Kaulich, Mannheimer Morgen "It is thanks to the dramaturgy of the evening, and even more to the soulful performance of the large orchestra, that the audience,…
6th September 2024, Frank Pommer, Die Rheinpfalz "What an evening! At the first large orchestral concert of their festival "Modern Times", the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz played under the direction of…