 She also recorded a recital program of arias by Mozart and songs by Richard Strauss (1998, Claudio Abbado conducting); and a disc of arias from Alcina by Handel (2009, Rainer Kussmaul conducting).Schäfer has two children from her relationship with the film director , who died in 2003.Schäfer and Herrmann collaborated on a film project of Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe" and Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire".