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Anne Sofie von Otter

Anne Sofie von Otter

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1955-05-09

Birth Place

Stockholm, Sweden

Movies and TV shows :

poster

3 nach 9

1974

6.5

TV
A Late Quartet

A Late Quartet

2012

6.7

Movie
Alceste

Alceste

1999

0.0

Movie
Amours divins !

Amours divins !

2016

0.0

Movie
Anne Sofie von Otter: A Northern Star

Anne Sofie von Otter: A Northern Star

2001

0.0

Movie
Benny and Stockholm House of Culture

Benny and Stockholm House of Culture

2021

8.0

Movie
Bizet: Carmen

Bizet: Carmen

2008

0.0

Movie
Carmen

Carmen

2002

0.0

Movie
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

2021

0.0

Movie
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

2012

0.0

Movie
Der Rosenkavalier

Der Rosenkavalier

1994

6.0

Movie
Georges Bizet: Carmen

Georges Bizet: Carmen

2004

0.0

Movie
Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance

Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance

1992

0.0

Movie
poster

Kulturplatz

2004

6.0

TV
L'Incoronazione di Poppea

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

2000

6.0

Movie
poster

Le monde est à vous

1987

0.0

TV
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Real Madrid)

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Real Madrid)

2015

0.0

Movie
poster

Mästaren

2019

0.0

TV
poster

Meisterwerke der Klassik

2012

0.0

TV
Melancholia

Melancholia

2023

0.0

Movie
Mozart Requiem and Mass In C Minor

Mozart Requiem and Mass In C Minor

1993

0.0

Movie
Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019

2020

6.0

Movie
poster

På spåret

1987

6.9

TV
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

2015

0.0

Movie
poster

Så ska det låta

1997

6.0

TV
poster

Skavlan

2009

5.0

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

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

1997

0.0

Movie
The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet

The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet

2008

8.0

Movie
The Damnation of Faust

The Damnation of Faust

1989

0.0

Movie
The Queen of Spades - La Monnaie

The Queen of Spades - La Monnaie

2022

0.0

Movie