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Anne Sofie von Otter
(born 9 May 1955) is a
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
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.
She has had notable success in roles of
Mozart
,
Handel
, and
Monteverdi
. In recitals, she excels in the music of
Mahler
,
Brahms
,
Grieg
,
Wolf
and
Sibelius
. In 2001 she released an album with
Elvis Costello
, for which she won an
Edison Award
. Among the
conductors
she has worked with repeatedly are
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 Prize
in the musical arts category.
In 2006, von Otter sang the evangelist in...
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