Christine Schäfer, born March 3, 1965, in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, is a
German operatic soprano. Schäfer studied at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin
from 1984 to 1991. Schäfer achieved initial recognition in 1988 performing
Aribert Reimann's Nachtträume at the Festival Berlin, making her operatic debut
in Innsbruck in 1992 and her United States debut as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier
in San Francisco in 1993. Her recordings include Pierre Boulez's performances of
Pli selon pli and Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. Schäfer has performed at
venues including Glyndebourne and...