Michaela Schuster

16 pieces since 2010 — in 9 roles, at 6 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

16 pieces
9 roles
6 companies
17 years

1 piece as Bayerische Staatsoper — stats above show all coverage for Michaela Schuster.

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Mostly armorless

I’d never actually seen a production of Lohengrin before I agreed to review a new Decca DVD of Richard Jones‘s staging for the Bayerische Staastoper, starring Jonas Kaufmann, so I hope I’ve got this right: It’s about this architect named Elsa, who lives in an Orwellian steampunk Germany that has videocamera technology but still dresses like […]

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