Amy Shuard

Amy Shuard wielded a dramatic soprano of fearless brightness, strong and secure in its upper register and guided by the singer's determined and forthright temperament. Celebrated for her authority in Verdi and Janácek roles, Shuard steadily increased the breadth and depth of her repertory, ultimately becoming a formidable Brünnhilde and Elektra. Like her teacher Eva Turner, she achieved particular success as Turandot. Her large, somewhat hard-edged voice and histrionic intensity are clearly in evidence in the several recordings she made in the prime years of her all-too-short ...