Christine Sch‰fer, Subpar but Great in Salzburg

By JAY NORDLINGER [NY Sun, 25 August 2008]
SALZBURG, Austria ó It is a privilege to sing a voice recital at the Salzburg Festival ó particularly a recital of German art song. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau did it, a lot. And, last week, Christine Sch‰fer, the German soprano, did it. She certainly deserves the privilege.