[2] In 2005, he performed in Carl Nielsen's Maskarade in the Royal Opera, London's premiere of David Pountney's production.

He made his first solo recording – Of Ladies and Love – Songs of Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Ravel, Fauré, and Richard Strauss—for Hyperion; BBC Music Magazine gave it a 5-star review, saying, "He sings Strauss's 'Cäcilie', and a wonderfully hushed 'Zueignung' as though he and Martineau were the first to discover their ecstasy.

"[4] From December 2011 until October 2013 Michael Schade was a member of the board of the European Academy of Music Theatre.

[5] Since Pentecost 2014, Michael Schade has been the artistic director of The Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk[6] Schade holds professorship in historical performance practice in the faculty of Early Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

[7] Schade's recording of the St Matthew Passion (Teldec), conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance.