Fritsch was born in
Plauen in 1986. She attended the there. She sang in the choir of the Plauen Theatre from age 13, given her first solo role at age 15. She won the
Internationaler Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Wettbewerb in 2001. Fritsch studied voice with Jürgen Kurth at the
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. She was coached by
Ruth Ziesak and
Anna Reynolds, and now works with
Carol Vaness. She was successful at competitions between 2001 and 2007. She was first a member ot the
Leipzig Opera, where her roles included Giannetta in Donizetti's ''
L'elisir d'amore'' and Frasquita in Bizet's
Carmen. She appeared in lead roles such as Mimi in Puccini's
La bohème at the
Theater Bielefeld and Marzelline in Beethoven's
Fidelio at the . She was a member of the ensemble of the
Deutsche Oper am Rhein from 2009 to 2015 where she performed some vital
Mozart roles such as Pamina in
Die Zauberflöte, Konstanze in
Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Susanna in
Le nozze di Figaro, and as Marie in Donizetti's
La fille du régiment, Anne Trulove in Strawinsky's ''
The Rake's Progress'' and Blanche in Poulenc's
Dialogues des Carmélites. Fritsch first appeared at the
Glyndebourne Festival in 2011, as Almirena in Handel's
Rinaldo, She performed as Merione in Gluck's
Telemaco at the
Theater an der Wien in 2012, conducted by
René Jacobs, and as Fiordiligi in Mozart's
Così fan tutte at the
Teatro Real in Madrid in 2013. This production, directed by
Michael Haneke, was also presented at
La Monnaie in Brussels and the 2014
Wiener Festwochen. She sang Cherubino in
Le nozze di Figaro on a 2013 concert tour of
René Jacobs conducting the
Freiburger Barockorchester to Paris, Lyon and Barcelona, among others. She first performed at the
Salzburg Festival in 2014, as Donna Elvira in a new production of Mozart's
Don Giovanni, directed by and conducted by
Christoph Eschenbach. in
Don Giovanni,
Salzburg Festival 2014 She first appeared as the Countess in
Le nozze di Figaro in 2014 at the Teatro Real portraying the role also at the Theater an der Wien in 2015 and at the Salzburg Festival in another Bechtolf production. She played Cherubino on stage at the
Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 2015, making her one of the singers who performed the three leading roles in this opera. She first appeared at the
Lucerne Festival in 2018, singing Alban Berg's
Altenberg Lieder with the
Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by
Manfred Honeck. Fritsch has been married to Sven-Eric Bechtolf since February 2016. ==Awards==