Michaela Schuster
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Strauss, R: Salome
Emily Magee (Salome), Wolfgang Koch (Jochanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Peter Bronder (Herodes), Benjamin Bruns (Narraboth)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andres Orozco-Estrada
What we gain here in exemplary clarity of Strauss’s sonic spider-web we lose in momentum for, say, the climactic welter which ends in Jokanaan’s curse…Magee as the spoiled princess propels the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Opera
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Camilla Nylund (Chrysothemis), Hubert Delamboye (Aegisth) & Gerd Grochowski (Orest)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam, Marc Albrecht
If there's such a thing as an anti-Solti Elektra, this is it...[it] burns at its own distinctive temperature, with a strong sense of live-performance through-line and in a much more orchestrally... — More…
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Wotan) Wolfgang Probst (Froh) Bernhard Schneider (Donner) Motti Kastón (Loge) Robert Künzli (Fricka) Michaela Schuster (Freia) Helga Rós Indridadóttir (Erda) Mette Ejsing (Alberich) Esa Ruuttunen (Mime) Eberhard Francesco Lorenz (Fasolt) Roland Bracht (Fafner) Phillip Ens (Woglinde) Catriona Smith...
The most impressive feature of this set is the superlative conducting of Lothar Zagrosek, and the playing of his magnificent orchestra. …the Alberich of Esa Ruuttunen is outstanding… — More…
2 CDs
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Wagner: Opera Arias
Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone), Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano)
Liege Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Arming
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
RecommendedStephen Gould (The Emperor), Anne Schwanewilms (The Empress), Michaela Schuster (The Nurse), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, the Dyer) & Evelyn Herlitzius (Barak’s Wife)
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children's Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann...
Evelyn Herlitzius and Wolfgang Koch inject drama as a couple experiencing marital difficulties...[the Empress] is central throughout, compellingly acted and luminously sung by the marvellous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Michael König (Lohengrin), Camilla Nylund (Elsa), Robert Hayward (Telramund), Michaela Schuster (Ortrud), Falk Struckmann (Heinrich the Fowler), Daniel Schmutzhard (Herald)
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra & Choir and Extra Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Bertrand de Billy
The singing is on a generally fairly high level, with exceptionally good enunciation of the text from everyone...The chorus and the orchestra cope well with Bertrand de Billy's demands on them:... — More…
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Strauss, R: Salome
Nadja Michael (Salome), Michael Volle (Jokanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Thomas Moser (Herod), Joseph Kaiser (Narraboth)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
The only ideal voice to be heard is the first, Joseph Kaiser's as an angelic-sounding Narraboth; but most shortcomings are overridden by Jonathan Haswell's accomplished filming. McVicar's energetic,... — More…
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Strauss, R: Salome
Nadja Michael (Salome), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Thomas Moser (Herod), Michael Volle (Jokanaan), Joseph Kaiser (Narraboth)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
The only ideal voice to be heard is the first, Joseph Kaiser's as an angelic-sounding Narraboth; but most shortcomings are overridden by Jonathan Haswell's accomplished filming. McVicar's energetic,... — More…
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The Royal Opera Collection
Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson, Jonas Kaufmann, Simon Keelyside, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Dorothea Röschmann, Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson
Antonio Pappano, Andris Nelsons, Colin Davis, George Benjamin, Philippe Jordan