Anne Sofie von Otter

Known for ActingBorn 1955-05-09 (age 71) Stockholm, Sweden

Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II. She grew up in Bonn, London and Stockholm. She studied in Stockholm and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where her teachers included Vera Rózsa. In 1982, she won second prize in the ARD International Music Competition. From 1983 to 1985, she was an ensemble member of the Basel Opera, where she made her professional operatic début as Alcina in Haydn's Orlando paladino. She made her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, début in 1985 and her La Scala debut in 1987. Her Metropolitan Opera début was in December 1988 as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro. Her recording of Grieg songs won the 1993 Gramophone Record of the Year, the first time in the award's history that it had gone to a song recording. In 2001, she released her album with Elvis Costello, For the Stars, for which she won an Edison Award. She was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo in 2015 for her album of French songs, Douce France. She is a regular recital and recording partner with Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg. In 2006, von Otter sang the Evangelist in the premiere of Sven-David Sandström's Ordet – en passion. Other work in contemporary music has included singing the role of The Woman in Senza Sangue of Péter Eötvös.[8] In other media, she appeared in the film A Late Quartet. In 2007, she released an album of music written by composers imprisoned in the Nazi ghetto of Theresienstadt concentration camp (also known as Terezin) before their transportation to the death camp of Auschwitz. She collaborated on this project with Christian Gerhaher (baritone) and chamber musicians. She has stated that the material has special personal meaning for her as her father had attempted unsuccessfully during the war to spread information that he had received from SS officer Kurt Gerstein about the Nazi death camps. In 2016, von Otter sang Leonora in the world premiere of Thomas Adès' The Exterminating Angel, and again in 2017 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She created the principal role of Charlotte in Sebastian Fagerlund's 2017 opera Autumn Sonata, based on the 1979 film by Ingmar Bergman at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki conducted by John Storgårds. Von Otter was married to Benny Fredriksson until his suicide on 17 March 2018. He was an actor and managing director of The Stockholm House of Culture, including the Stadsteater (Stockholm City Theatre). The couple had two children. She lives in the capital Stockholm. Source: Article "Anne Sofie von Otter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Benny och kulturhuset

The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Carmen

Alceste

Der Rosenkavalier

3 nach 9

A Late Quartet

På spåret

Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

Kulturplatz

Så ska det låta

Skavlan

Mikael Karlsson : Melancholia

Eine Winterreise

The Queen of Spades - La Monnaie

Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

Mästaren

Amours divins !

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Real Madrid)

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Meisterwerke der Klassik

Bizet: Carmen

Eine große Nachtmusik

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Anne Sofie von Otter: A Northern Star

Sternstunde Kunst

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997

Mozart Requiem and Mass In C Minor

Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance

The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991

The Damnation of Faust

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