In October 2016 Studer sang the "Overseer/Confidant (Die Vertraute/Die Aufseherin)" in the late Patrice Chéreau's production of Richard Strauss' "Elektra" at the Staatsoper Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. In December 2016, she sang the role of Nettie Fowler in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Carousel" at Theater Basel in Switzerland, in a run of performances through April 2017. In September 2018, Studer sang the contralto role of Mamma Lucia in a new production of Pietro Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria rusticana" at Oper Graz in Austria. The performances were recorded and released by the Oehms Classics label.