Reviews for Bayreuth debut as Gutrune
Reviews are in for Gabriela Scherer’s Bayreuth debut as Gutrune in “Götterdämmerung”:
“Another wonderfully cast couple are Gunther and Gutrune: acting with visibly great joy and class, Gabriela Scherer makes her Bayreuth debut as the lady of the Gibichungenhalle. Seldomly has one heard such a balanced and yet not shrill or forced Gutrune, singing with such text comprehensibility.”
Michael Lehnert, Das Opernglas
“Newcomer Gabriela Scherer also asserts herself on stage. Her voice is clear, her high notes interesting, and her effort to work on vocal colors remarkable, but she strikes by the way she is in command of the stage space, the way she moves, sways and plays the coquette. A singer to follow”
Guy Cherqui, Wanderer
“Gabriela Scherer spiced up the doll image of the character with soprano excitement”
Thomas Heinold, Nürnberger Nachrichten & Nürnberger Zeitung
“Vocally concise and with extremely agile acting skills, Michael Kupfer-Radecky and the triumphant Gabriela Scherer turn Gunther and Gutrune into a wonderfully exaggerated parvenu couple.”
Joachim Lange, Nordbayerischer Kurier
“Gabriela Scherer lends Gutrune a still girlish agility with a mature, but not too staid tone for this role and contributes a suitably snotty and cheeky pronunciation in the first two acts.”
Lynn Sophie Guldin, Das Opernmagazin
“Catherine Foster’s Brünnhilde radiates and shines as she did two days before, her high notes are indeed breathtaking. But her competitor Gutrune is no less impressive, Gabriela Scherer is no modest girl, but a real, very sensually acting woman.”
Dr. Andreas Ströbl, Klassik Begeistert
“The singing was largely strong… .
We had captivating theatrical performances from Michael Kupfer-Radecky and Gabriela Scherer as Gunther and Gutrune, the latter clearly revelling in the outlandish characterisation.”
Mike Smith, Opera Scene
“Gabriela Scherer’s open-hearted, repentant Gutrune”
Fomalhaut
And the top-class cast continued: Georg Zeppenfeld as Hunding, John Daszak as Loge, Mirko Roschkowski as Froh, Christa Mayer as Fricka and Waltraute, Mika Kares as Hunding, Ya-Chung Huang as Mime, Okka von der Damerau as Erda, Nicolas Brownlee as the phenomenal Donner, Christina Nilsson as Freia, Gabriela Scherer as Gutrune, Michael Kupfer-Radecky as Gunther, Jens-Erik Assbo as Fasolt and Tobias Kehrer as Fafner, they all make this Ring a vocal feast. ”
Alain Steffen, Pizzicato / Luxemburger Tageblatt
[Photo: Enrico Newrath / Bayreuther Festspiele]
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Rave reviews for “superb performance” at Teatro Real Madrid
“Wagner and Strauss in the Superb Performance of Volle and Scherer at the Real” “Last Saturday, March 29, the Teatro Real hosted a gala as part of the "Voces del Real" series, dedicated primarily to Wagner and, to a lesser extent, Richard Strauss. The undisputed protagonists were baritone Michael Volle and his wife, soprano Gabriela Scherer, who delivered a solid, classic, and moving interpretation of several scenes from three different works by both composers. (…) Gabriela Scherer took the stage for the evening’s first duet, "Wie aus der Ferne" (Act II), in which Senta meets the Dutchman—whose image, depicted in a mysterious painting, she had fallen in love with before ever meeting him—and swears eternal fidelity to him. Scherer recently performed this role in Berlin and will reprise it this April in Düsseldorf and Luxembourg. Gabriela Scherer was equally impressive in every aspect, showcasing a beautiful, full-bodied voice with remarkable uniformity, which she maintained skillfully even in the high Bs (…) The complicity between the two singers was evident, as their musical interpretation of the scene was clearly aligned, and their habit of performing together allowed them to listen to each other perfectly and adapt seamlessly. (…) “Allmächtige Jungfrau”, Elisabeth’s prayer invoking the Virgin to receive her in her bosom. Once again, we could appreciate the beauty and fullness of Scherer's voice, which achieved an interpretation filled with intimate expressiveness despite a very theatrical and expansive score. Superb phrasing imbued with solid delicacy (allow me the almost conceptual oxymoron). (…) However, the truly superb performance was Gabriela Scherer in her solo part “Das war sehr gut, Mandryka” and the final duet, with great control of the nuances and a superb legato in those long, enormously lyrical phrases. The Real Orchestra was up to its illustrious soloists (we had the opportunity to hear this opera on the same stage just two years ago) and Gimeno provided an effective accompaniment that was always attentive to the singers, with the orchestra responding with clarity and always in a concise manner. After the applause, they performed the love duet from Arabella, “Un du wirst mein Gebieter sein,” in which they only deepened the sense of affectedness previously achieved, and Scherer even delivered some beautiful nuances in pianissimo in the high register, especially in that high B... . It was a superb evening during which we enjoyed the fine craftsmanship of this pair of great musicians."
Gabriela Scherer: “Todavía hay quien se sorprende de que pueda cantar Pamina y Sieglinde al mismo tiempo”
"El próximo día 29 de marzo la soprano Gabriela Scherer debutará en el Teatro Real junto al barítono Michael Volle, quien es a la sazón su esposo. Juntos brindarán un programa consagrado a obras de Wagner y Strauss, bajo la batuta del próximo director titular del coliseo madrileño, el director español Gustavo Gimeno. En ocasión de esta cita conversamos con Gabriela Scherer para conocer más de cerca sus inquietudes, su repertorio y sus próximos compromisos."
Gabriela Scherer is the January cover star of Das Opernglas
Gabriela Scherer graces the cover of the January issue of Das Opernglas. In the featured interview, she discusses her musical upbringing, career highlights, and her latest role debuts, including her much-anticipated first Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
