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for|the violinist|Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish ethnic group|Swedish mezzo-soprano .
Biography
Von Otter was born in Stockholm , Sweden . Her father was the diplomat Göran von Otter and she grew up in Bonn, London and Stockholm. After studying in Stockholm and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London , she was engaged by the Basel Opera , where she made her operatic début in 1983 as Alcina in Joseph Haydn|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 1988 as Cherubino. http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm The Metropolitan Opera Association Database
She has had notable success in roles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart , Georg Frideric Handel|Handel , and Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi . In recitals, she excels in the music of Gustav Mahler|Mahler , Johannes Brahms|Brahms , Edvard Grieg|Grieg , Hugo Wolf|Wolf and Jean Sibelius|Sibelius . In 2001 she released an album with Elvis Costello , for which she won an Edison Award . Among the Conducting|conductors she has worked with repeatedly are William Christie (musician)|William Christie , Marc Minkowski , Claudio Abbado , John Eliot Gardiner , and Myung-Whun Chung . Most of her recitals and many of her recordings have been collaborations with Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg . In 2003 Von Otter was awarded a Rolf Schock Prizes|Rolf Schock Prize in the musical arts category.
In 2006, von Otter sang the Evangelist in the premiere of Sven-David Sandström 's Ordet - en passion , on 24 March in Stockholm. http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/berwaldhallen/program/artikel.asp? ProgramID=979& Artikel=805458 Broman PF. Ordet – en passion. Introduction to Swedish Radio performance, accessed 4 January 2010
In 2007, she released a highly-praised album of music written by composers imprisoned in the Nazi "model" ghetto of Theresienstadt concentration camp (also known as Terezin) prior to their transportation to the death camp of Auschwitz. She collaborated on this project with Christian Gerhaher (baritone) and chamber musicians. She has explained that the material has special personal meaning for her as her father, a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II , had attempted unsuccessfully during the war to spread information that he had received from SS officer Kurt Gerstein about the Nazi death camps.Lebrecht, Norman. "Tales of the Recording Angel." 31 October 2007. The Lebrecht Report. Accessed on 17 August 2011 at: http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/071031-NL-angel.html
She is married to Benny Fredriksson, an actor and theatre director, and has two children.
Hector Berlioz : Mélodies with Cord Garben (piano) (1994) and ''Les nuits d'été conducted by James Levine (1995) Deutsche Grammophon
Hector Berlioz : ''Les nuits d'été conducted by Marc Minkowski (2011) Naïve
Johannes Brahms : Lieder with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (1990) Deutsche Grammophon
Cécile Chaminade : ''Mots d'amour with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (2001) Deutsche Grammophon
Edvard Grieg : Songs/Lieder with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (1993) Deutsche Grammophon
Erich Korngold : Rendezvous with Korngold with Bengt Forsberg (piano) & Friends (1999) Deutsche Grammophon
Ingvar Lidholm : Songs and Chamber Music conducted by Björn Sjögren (1996) Caprice Records
Gustav Mahler : Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"|Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Thomas Quasthoff conducted by Claudio Abbado (1999) Deutsche Grammophon
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder conducted by Pierre Boulez (2004) Deutsche Grammophon
Maurice Ravel : Shéhérazade conducted by Pierre Boulez (2002) Deutsche Grammophon
Arnold Schoenberg : Gurre-Lieder conducted by Simon Rattle (2002) EMI
Franz Schubert : Lieder , with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (1997) and Lieder with Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado (2003) Deutsche Grammophon
Robert Schumann : Frauenliebe und -leben with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (1995) Deutsche Grammophon
Jean Sibelius : Anne Sofie von Otter sings Sibelius with Bengt Forsberg (piano) BIS
Kurt Weill : Speak Low: Songs by Kurt Weill conducted by John Eliot Gardiner (1994) Deutsche Grammophon
HugoWolf : Spanisches Liederbuch with Olaf Bär (baritone) and Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)|Geoffrey Parsons (piano) (1995) EMI
various: Laci Boldemann|Boldemann Gefors Hillborg conducted by Kent Nagano (2008) Deutsche Grammophon
various: La Bonne chanson - French Chamber Songs with Bengt Forsberg (piano) and others (1996) Deutsche Grammophon
various: Brahms / Schumann with Barbara Bonney (soprano), Kurt Streit (tenor), Olaf Bär (baritone), Helmut Deutsch and Bengt Forsberg (piano duet) (1994) EMI
various: Folksongs with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (2000) Deutsche Grammophon
various: Lieder / Mélodies by Beethoven Meyerbeer Spohr with Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) (2001) Archiv
various: Lieder by Wolf and Mahler with Ralf Gothoni (piano) (1989) Deutsche Grammophon
various: ''Love's Twilight - Late Romantic Songs by Berg Korngold Strauss with Bengt Forsberg (piano) (1994) Deutsche Grammophon
Pyotr Tchaikovsky : Eugen Onegin conducted by James Levine (1988) Deutsche Grammophon
Aria recordings
"Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach", conducted by Marc Minkowski - Deutsche Grammophon
"Baroque Arias" by Handel, Monteverdi, Roman and Telemann, with the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble - Proprius
"Ombre de mon amant", French baroque arias conducted by William Christie - Archiv
"Opera Arias" by Gluck, Haydn and Mozart, conducted by Trevor Pinnock - Archiv
Oratorios, Symphonies, etc
Bach : St MatthewPassion Chicago Symphony, Sir Georg Solti; Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tom Krause, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven : Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony no. 9 , with Luba Orgonasova, Anthony Rolfe Johnson , Gilles Cachemaille, the MonteverdiChoir and the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Maurice Duruflé : "Requiem", conducted by Michel Plasson - EMI
Elgar : " The Dream of Gerontius , with Alastair Miles and David Rendall (opera singer)|David Rendall , conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Handel : Messiah (Handel)|Messiah , with Arleen Auger , Michael Chance , Howard Crook and John Tomlinson (bass)|John Tomlinson , with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert
Handel : Messiah (Handel)|Messiah , with Sylvia McNair , Michael Chance , Jerry Hadley and Robert Lloyd (bass)|Robert Lloyd , with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
Mauricio Kagel : "Sankt-Bach-Passion", conducted by the composer - Naïve
Gustav Mahler|Mahler : Symphony no. 3 , conducted by Pierre Boulez - Deutsche Grammophon
For The Stars , a collection of rock and pop songs (by the likes of Brian Wilson and Lennon–McCartney ), with Elvis Costello and Svante Henryson - Deutsche Grammophon
Ottorino Respighi "Il tramonto , with the Brodsky Quartet - Vanguard
Peter Sculthorpe "Island Dreaming", with the Brodsky Quartet - Challenge Records
"Noel", classical Christmas music with Bengt Forsberg - Deutsche Grammophon
"Home For Christmas", classical works and popular tunes for Christmas - Deutsche Grammophon
I Let the Music Speak - Songs of Abba including " Money, Money, Money " and " The Winner Takes It All " - Deutsche Grammophon
References
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External links
http://www.annesofievonotter.com/ Anne-Sofie von Otter's website
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/arts/music/16midg.html? fta=y Anne Midgette: Classical Recordings: Anne Sofie von Otter Sinks Her Teeth Into the Baroque in New York Times of January 16, 2005
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9505E2DD1031F93AA35756C0A96E958260 Anthony Tommasini: MUSIC REVIEW; Von Otter, From Lieder to Blues in the New York Times of May 9, 1998
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/arts/music/19otte.html? pagewanted=print& position= Anthony Tommasini : Vibrant Singing at the Nice Price in the New York Times of April 19, 2005
http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/vonotter_10_25_05.php Review by Lisa Hirsch in San Francisco Classical Voice
http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/071031-NL-angel.html Tales of the Recording Angel , Review by Norman Lebrecht
Schock Prize laureates Persondata| NAME = Otter, Anne-Sofie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swedish mezzo-soprano | DATE OF BIRTH = 9 May 1955 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Otter, Anne-Sofie Category:1955 births Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Category:Operatic mezzo-sopranos Category:Rolf Schock Prize laureates Category:Swedish nobility Category:Swedish opera singers Category:Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music
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