Susan Toth Shafer performed most recently in Pittsburgh Opera’s fall 2009 production of Eugene Onegin. A singer who has been active with opera companies and symphony orchestras throughout North America, Europe, and Russia, Ms. Shafer has collaborated with Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Mistaslav Rostropovitch, and CMU’s own Robert Page. Notable roles in her repertoire include Klytämnestra/Elektra. Ulrica/Un Ballo in Maschera, Azucena/Il Trovatore, Erda/Das Rheingold, Herodias/Salome, Mary/Der Fliegende Holländer, the Nurse/Boris Godunov, Eboli/Don Carlo and Quickly/Falstaff. Ms. Shafer’s most recognized work has been at The Paris Opera, Teatro Communale Bologna, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and with The Cleveland Orchestra, The National Symphony, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and The Pittsburgh Symphony. Susan Toth Shafer is the winner of numerous awards and scholarships from organizations as diverse as The Juilliard School/The Juilliard Opera Center, Westminster College, The Metropolitan, San Francisco, and Santa Fe Operas, and The Shoshana Foundation. She is originally from Pittsburgh, and has happily returned to the area with her family.