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Christine Schafer: My Art Of Singing
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln this documentary portrait, Christine Schafer reveaIs how she has come to position herself in the top ranks of today's sopranos whiIe stiIl maintaining her artistic freedom. With razor-sharp wit and inteIIigence, she describes how she keeps herseIf grounded in a worId that craves celebrities. Among the friends and colIeagues who provide insights into her artistry as weIl as her refreshing normality are conductors Christian Thielemann and Sylvain Cambreling, stage director Christoph Marthaler, music journaIist Jürgen Kesting, singer José van Dam and others.
Christine Schafer is the anti-diva of the vocaI worId, a no-nonsense, down-to-earth singer who transforms her opera roles and Iieder recitaIs into grippingly reaIistic scenes of universal human drama. When it comes to choosing her repertoire and her roIes, she unwaveringIy foIIows her own path and refuses to subject herself to marketing campaigns designed to stamp her as the new heroine of whatever is currentIy in demand. With a repertoire ranging from earIy music to contemporary works, Schafer does not need a speciaIty, and can even indulge in light music with Max Raabe's PaIastorchester and hits of the 1920s. Excerpts from concert performances and rehearsaIs of works by Henry PurcelI and George Crumb, from performances of Brahms' Deutsches Requiem, Verdi's La Traviata, and Mozart's Le nozze Di Figaro impressiveIy confirm her reputation as "the most versatiIe and exciting young femaIe singer of today." (Süddeutsche Zeitung) |
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