Tenor Schreier casts a spell at Ravinia

The Ravinia Festival began this season's cluster of vocalperformances in rousing style Tuesday night at the Martin Theatre.

A large audience greeted distinguished German tenor PeterSchreier with attentive stillness while he and his accompanist forthe evening, Ravinia's music director Christoph Eschenbach, performedSchubert and Schumann songs. The quiet listeners erupted intoboisterous applause and foot-stomping at the concert's close,bringing singer and pianist back for three encores.

Tuesday's concert was Schreier's Ravinia debut, but localaudiences remember him from his performance of Schubert's masterwork,"Winterreisse (Winter's Journey)," with Daniel …