Cheryl Studer, born October 24, 1955, in Midland, Michigan, is an American opera
soprano. She studied at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Hochschule für Musik
und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna under Hans Hotter. After early performances in
Darmstadt, the Bavarian State Opera, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, she made her
Bayreuth Festival debut in 1985 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, later singing roles
including Elsa, Senta, and Sieglinde. At the Salzburg Festival, she performed as
Chrysothemis in Elektra, the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten, the Marschallin
in Der Rosenkavalier, E...