Cheryl Studer

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Cheryl Studer (born October 24, 1955 in Midland , Michigan ) is an American opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

Cheryl Studer studied at Tanglewood Music Center , Tanglewood , and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Hans Hotter. After first appearances in Darmstadt , at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, she made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 1985 as Elisabeth ( Tannhäuser ) , where she has since been heard as Elsa, Senta and Sieglinde (in 2000) was. At the Salzburg Festival she sang Chrysothemis ( Elektra ) , 1992 Empress ( Die Frau ohne Schatten ) , Marschallin ( Der Rosenkavalier ) , Elettra in Idomeneo and Leonore (Fidelio) . With over eighty roles, she has guested at major opera houses in Europe and the United States, such as the La Scala in Milan , the Opéra National de Paris , the Vienna State Opera , the Covent Garden in London, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Hamburg State Opera . Roles at the Bavarian State Opera included Violetta Valéry ( La traviata ) , Aida , Rosalinde ( Die Fledermaus ) , Chrysothemis (Elektra) , Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) and Ariadne ( Ariadne auf Naxos ) . In 1998 there was an uproar with the Bavarian State Opera, which terminated its guest contract without notice because its “current vocal constitution” was not up to the expected “demands”. After her voice had recovered after a break, she sang in 14 other performances at the Bavarian State Opera until 2003.

In the course of her international career she made numerous important recordings, such as Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail under Bruno Weil and Richard Strauss' Salome under Giuseppe Sinopoli. For example, the soprano had made over 28 complete opera recordings between 1987 and 1994.

Cheryl Studer has held a professorship for singing at the University of Music in Würzburg since 2003 .

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Individual evidence

  1. Klaus Umbach : Overthrown . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1998, pp. 276-278 ( online - 2 November 1998 ).
  2. Past appointments with Cheryl Studer. Bavarian State Opera . Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  3. Prof. Cheryl Studer. Singing. University of Music Würzburg .