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Cheryl Studer

Cheryl Studer

Known for

Acting

Born

October 24, 1955 (age 70)

Birthplace

Midland, Michigan, USA

Biography

Cheryl Studer (born October 24, 1955) is an American dramatic soprano who has sung at many of the world's foremost opera houses. Studer has performed more than eighty roles ranging from the dramatic repertoire to roles more commonly associated with lyric sopranos and coloratura sopranos, and, in her late stage, mezzo-sopranos. She is particularly known for her interpretations of the works of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.

Studer was born in Midland, Michigan, to Carl W. Studer and Elizabeth (born Smith) Studer, as one of three children.

She studied piano and viola as a child, and began voice lessons at age 12 with Gwendolyn Pike, a local opera singer and voice teacher.

She attended H...

Best known work

Lohengrin

Lohengrin

1990
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994
Aida

Aida

1994
Attila

Attila

1991
Guglielmo Tell

Guglielmo Tell

1988
I vespri Siciliani

I vespri Siciliani

1990
Elektra

Elektra

1989
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera

Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera

2008
Die Frau ohne Schatten

Die Frau ohne Schatten

1992
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

1991

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Wagner Lohengrin

    as Elsa von Brabant

  2. 2008

  3. 1994

    alfredissimo! Kochen mit BioTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  4. 1994

    Aida

    as Aida

  5. 1992

    Die Frau ohne Schatten

    as Die Kaiserin

  6. 1991

  7. 1991

    Attila

    as Odabella

  8. 1991

  9. 1990

    Lohengrin

    as Elsa von Brabant

  10. 1990

  11. 1989

    Elektra

    as Chrysothemis

  12. 1988

    Guglielmo Tell

    as Mathilde

  13. 1987

    Le monde est à vousTV

    as Self (1 episode)

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