Anne Sofie von Otter

Biography

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 son…

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Late Quartet (2012) — Miriam Mitchell
2. På spåret (1987) — Gästartist
3. Skavlan (2009) — Self - Guest
4. Så ska det låta (1997) — Self
5. 3 nach 9 (1974) — Self
6. L'Incoronazione di Poppea (2000) — Nerone
7. Der Rosenkavalier (1994) — Octavian
8. Benny och kulturhuset (2021) — Self - Bennys fru
9. Alceste (1999) — Alceste
10. Carmen (2002) — Carmen
11. Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019 (2020) — L’Opinion publique
12. The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet (2008) — Carmen, Bizet
13. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
14. Mozart Requiem and Mass In C Minor (1993) — Self - Mezzo-soprano
15. Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter (2021) — Self
16. The Queen of Spades - La Monnaie (2022) — Countess
17. Mikael Karlsson : Melancholia (2023) — Gaby
18. Amours divins ! (2016) — Self - Chanteuse
19. Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2015) — Leokadja Begbick
20. Georges Bizet: Carmen (2004)
21. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (2012) — Geneviève
22. Bizet: Carmen (2008) — Carmen
23. The Damnation of Faust (1989) — Marguerite (mezzosoprano)
24. Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Real Madrid) (2015) — La Muse
25. Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance (1992) — Self - Mezzo-soprano
26. Anne Sofie von Otter: A Northern Star (2001) — Self
27. The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997 (1997) — Self - Soprano
28. Eine Winterreise (2023)
29. The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991 (1991) — Self
30. Meisterwerke der Klassik (2012) — Self
31. Le monde est à vous (1987) — Self
32. Mästaren (2019) — Self
33. Eine große Nachtmusik (2005) — Self
34. Sternstunde Kunst (1998) — Self