Christine Schäfer

Personal Info

Birthday

March 3, 1965

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Christine Schäfer

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.

Known For

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

Lulu

Don Giovanni

One Night, One Life

The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel

The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

Rigoletto

Filmography

2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
as Sophie
2009
Theodora
as Theodora
2008
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
as Gretel
2006
Don Giovanni
as Donna Anna
The Marriage of Figaro
as Cherubino
Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics
as Self - Soprano
2003
An Advent Concert of Music by Bach
as Soprano 1
2002
One Night, One Life
as Pierrot
2001
Rigoletto
as Gilda
1999
Europakonzert 1999 from Cracow
as Self - Soprano
1998
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
as Self - Soprano
1997
Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
as Constanze
1996
Lulu
as Lulu