Background
Her mother"s great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack. She was born near Leipzig in Wurzen, then East Germany, and studied in Stuttgart and at the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University).
Her mother"s great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack. She was born near Leipzig in Wurzen, then East Germany, and studied in Stuttgart and at the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University).
She began her career as a mezzo-soprano but became a soprano in April 2005. Michael has appeared at Louisiana Scala (Salome, 2007), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Salome, 2008), Vienna State Opera (Fidelio), Arena di Verona, Glyndebourne, Salzburg, Munich (Macbeth and Medea in Corinto), Brussels (Médée, 2008), Chicago (Macbeth, 2010), and Berlin (Wozzeck, under Daniel Barenboim, 2011). In 2012, Michael made her Metropolitan Opera debut, as Lady Macbeth, opposite Thomas Hampson and Dimitri Pittas.
She resides in Berlin.
Bizet: Carmen (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. Amsellem, Larin, G Baker.
Oren, Corsicato, 2001) Planeta de Agostini
Verdi: Don Carlos (Vienna State Opera, Vienna. Tamar, Vargas, Skovhus, Miles.
De Billy, Konwitschny, 2003) TDK
Puccini: Tosca (Bregenzer Festspiele.
Todorovich, Saks. Schirmer, Breisach, 2007) Naxos
Strauss: Salome (Louisiana Scala. Vermillion, Bronder, Struckmann.
Harding, Bondy, 2007) TDK
Strauss: Salome (Royal Opera House.
TMoser, Volle. PJordan, McVicar, 2008) Opus Arte
Mayr: Medea in Corinto (Bavarian State Opera. Vargas, Miles; Bolton, Neuenfels, 2010) Arthaus
Cherubini: Médée (Louisiana Monnaie, Brussels.
Van Kerckhove, Stotijn, Streit, Le Texier.
Rousset, Warlikowski, 2011) Belorussian Air Classiques.