Michaela Schuster
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Special offer. 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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Glanert: Caligula
Ashley Holland (Caligula), Michaela Schuster (Caesonia), Martin Wölfel (Helicon), Gregory Frank (Cherea), Jurgita Adamonyte (Scipio), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (Mucius), Dietrich Volle (Mereia, Lepidus), Barbara Zechmeister (Livia), Constantin Neiconi, Michael Schulte, Jin Soo Lee, Matthias Holzmann (Vier...
Ashley Holland in the title-role shapes his own arioso reflections on loneliness with suavity under pressure and the supporting cast seems admirably secure for a first performance; doubtless... —
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Opera, November 2010, Recording of the Month
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It's a sort of voice that we don't often hear on disc in song these days. Which is a shame, because Schuster is an instinctive artist and the interpretations themselves are wonderful. As a native... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Wagner: Opera Arias
Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone), Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano)
Liege Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Arming
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Michaela Schuster (mezzo)
Kartäuserkantorei Köln, Bach-Verein Köln & Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz's is the kind of lightening-flash, clearly etched interpretation I imagine Roger Norrington wanted over in Stuttgart...There's not much vibrato here, but plenty of portamento...as... —
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As a native speaker, Schuster’s diction is immaculate, and her bright, powerful mezzo still sounds flexible enough to bring the lieder to life...[she makes the strongest case I’ve heard for... —
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Wagner, S: Sonnenflammen, Op. 8
Roman Trekel, Michaela Schneider, Richard Brunner, Juergen Trekel, Niels Giesecke, Eva Batori, Ulrike Schneider, Ulrich Stud
Orchester & Chor des Opernhauses Halle, Roger Epple
Siegfried Wagner's operas have fared well at the hands of CPO and now comes Sonnenflammen, eighth of the 18 he wrote. The music settles a few obvious debts to his father but has its own energy... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Michaela Schuster (alto)
Güzenich-Orchester Köln, Mädchen und Knaben der Chöre am Kölner Dom, Damenchor der Oper Köln, Markus Stenz
this performance starts out particularly well. Stenz is good at grabbing the listener's ear with the dramatic gesture...More crucially...[he] keeps a firm grasp of those transition moments in... —
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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... —
