“Schaufer sang and acted the role of Erika with impassioned brilliance.”
(The Washington Post)

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“Lucy Schaufer, as the heartsick niece Erika, gave a performance of star quality. The mezzo produced an unending stream of superbly shaped, sensitively shaded notes and breathed potent life into Menotti's lines. During the New Year's Eve scene, Schaufer’s detailed acting brought Erika’s conflict over the unwanted pregnancy into uncomfortably sharp relief.
(Opera News)

"But it remained for the evening's Erika, a splendid young soprano named Lucy Schaufer, to provide 'Vanessa' with the necessary heat."
(The New York Times)