Christine Schäfer

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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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Total trailers found: 16

Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail Trailer (1997)

16 September 1997

The celebrated three-act opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart comes to life in this dynamic performance at the world-famous Salzburg Festival.

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998 Trailer (1998)

31 December 1998

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond.

The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met’s popular English-language holiday series.

An Advent Concert of Music by Bach Trailer (2003)

14 October 2003

Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Vienna and Arnold Schoenberg Choir in a concert of Bach music at Austria's Kloster Melk Benedictine Monastery.

Rigoletto Trailer (2001)

19 September 2001

Live recording at Royal Opera House, 22 September, 2001. Television live relay. In one of the Royal Opera’s most celebrated and popular productions, director David McVicar mixes lavish historical costumes and dark stylized settings to highlight the savagery and excitement of Verdi’s tale of misdirected revenge.

One Night, One Life Trailer (2002)

04 March 2002

In the film One Night. One Life, based on the cycle Pierrot Lunaire, Arnold Schönberg’s opus 21, director Oliver Herrmann has created a surreal, at times grotesque dream world set in a modern city, through which Pierrot moves like a spirit.

Lulu Trailer (1996)

15 July 1996

Alban Berg's black, satirical opera is one of the masterpieces of the 20th Century. It charts the rise and fall of a femme fatale "created to make trouble", from life as a society hostess to prostitution and eventual bloody death at the hands of Jack the Ripper.

Rigoletto Trailer (2013)

02 September 2013

Verdi's drama of revenge, in its stunning new production by David McVicar, is filled with some of the composer's most celebrated music.

Dichterliebe Trailer (2000)

31 December 2000

In Dichterliebe (2000), a film by Oliver Herrmann based on Robert Schumann’s song-cycle of the same name, the boundaries between song recital and reality blur.

Europakonzert 1999 from Cracow Trailer (1999)

01 May 1999

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate, KV 165 Et incarnatus est Credo from Mass in C minor, KV 427 Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.

The Marriage of Figaro Trailer (2006)

26 July 2006

This release contains the celebrated 2006 production of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro that was directed for the stage by Claus Guth at that year's Salzburg Festival.

Haendel: Theodora Trailer (2009)

09 July 2009

George Frederic Handel's oratorio Theodora, in its first-ever staged version at the Salzburg Festival, was among the highlights of Handel Year 2009.

The Met — Der Rosenkavalier Trailer (2010)

09 January 2010

This production of Strauss’s most sumptuous work by director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O’Hearn is almost as beloved as the opera itself.

Don Giovanni Trailer (2006)

15 August 2006

Don Giovanni's list of romantic conquests reaches into the hundreds. But his reputation as a lothario puts him in danger as the women he's betrayed -- and their suitors -- begin to seek revenge.

Advent concert Glorious Bach! Trailer (2000)

01 February 2000

Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics Trailer (2006)

10 July 2006