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Birthday
Mar 03, 1965 (60 years old)
Christine Schäfer
Known For
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel...
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy...
An Advent Concert of Music by Bach
Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Vienna and Arnold Schoenberg...
Biography
Christine Schäfer is a German operatic soprano. She studied from 1984 until 1991 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. Her repertoire contains several baroque operas, Bach cantatas, and many of the great Mozart roles, along with modern pieces. In 1995, she performed to great acclaim during the Salzburg Festival as Lulu in Berg's opera of that name, a part she would later sing at The Met and at Glyndebourne.
Acting
2013
Rigoletto
2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
2009
Theodora
2008
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
2006
Don Giovanni
2006
The Marriage of Figaro
2003
An Advent Concert of Music by Bach
2002
One Night, One Life
2000
Dichterliebe
1998
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
1997
Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
1996
Lulu