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By Wynne Delacoma
-
has lived in Lon-
don for almost years. She
was a principal artist at the En-
glish National Opera and the
Los Angeles Opera for more
than a decade. Last year she
shared in a Grammy Award
with the cast for LA Opera’s
recording of John Coriglia-
no’s
e Ghosts of Versailles
,
conducted by former Ravinia
maestro James Conlon.
But in some ways Schaufer
is still the determined, “let’s-
put-on-a-show” musical
omnivore she was growing up
in Carpentersville, miles
northwest of Chicago, in the
late
s. In fact, her well-re-
ceived debut CD, with selec-
tions spanning a Bach aria to
songs by Leonard Bernstein,
Bless this
mezz
Photos by Dan Welldon
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