2009Nominee
Best Performance
Haendel: Theodora
Christine Schäfer
Actor
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
March 3, 1965
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2001Nominee
Best Performance
Rigoletto
1996Winner
Best Performance
Lulu
Career Highlights
2013Highlight
Best Performance
Rigoletto
1999Highlight
Best Performance
Europakonzert 1999 from Cracow