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Anne Sofie Von Otter Born 9 May 1955 Is An Opera Singer And Concert Recitalist. She Is Particularly Known For Her Trouser Roles. 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 Metropolitan Opera Début In 1988 As Cherubino. In 1987 She Made Her La Scala Debut. 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. She Is Married To Benny Fredriksson An Actor And Theatre Director And Has Two Children. Lieder And Songs * Johannes Brahms Lieder With Bengt Forsberg 1991 Deutsche Grammophon * Grieg Songs With Bengt Forsberg 1993 Deutsche Grammophon * Speak Low Songs By Kurt Weill Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner 1995 Deutsche Grammophon * Frauenliebe Und –leben By Schumann With Bengt Forsberg 1996 Deutsche Grammophon * Schubert Lieder With Bengt Forsberg 1997 Deutsche Grammophon * Des Knaben Wunderhorn With Thomas Quasthoff By Mahler Conducted By Claudio Abbado 1999 Deutsche Grammophon * Mahler Kindertotenlieder Conducted By Pierre Boulez 2005 Deutsche Grammophon * Chaminade Lieder And Other Works With Bengt Forsberg 2002 Deutsche Grammophon * Berlioz Mélodies And Les Nuits D'ete With Cord Garben Piano And Conducted By James Levine Operas * Hänsel Und Gretel By Humperdinck Conducted By Jeffrey Tate 1989/1990 EMI * Idomeneo By Mozart Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner 1991 Deutsche Grammophon * Der Rosenkavalier By Richard Strauss Conducted By Bernard Haitink 1991 EMI Classics * Le Nozze Di Figaro By Mozart Conducted By James Levine 1992 Deutsche Grammophon * La Clemenza Di Tito By Mozart Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner 1993 Deutsche Grammophon * Agrippina By Handel Conducted By John Eliot Gardiner 1997 Philips * Werther By Massenet Conducted By Kent Nagano 1997 Elektra * Ariodante By Handel Conducted By Marc Minkowski 1999 Archiv * Ariadne Auf Naxos By Richard Strauss Conducted By Giuseppe Sinopoli 2002 * Hercules By Handel Conducted By Marc Minkowski 2002 Archiv * Giulio Cesare By Handel Conducted By Marc Minkowski 2003 Archiv * Carmen By Bizet Conducted By Philppe Jordan 2003 BBC/Pro Arte * Serse By Handel Conducted By William Christie 2004 Virgin Classics Other Recordings * For The Stars A Collection Of Rock And Pop Songs By The Likes Of Brian Wilson And Lennon/McCartney With Elvis Costello * Handel Messiah With Arleen Auger Michael Chance Howard Crook And John Tomlinson With Trevor Pinnock And The English Concert * Handel Messiah With Sylvia McNair Michael Chance Jerry Hadley And Robert Lloyd With The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Conducted By Sir Neville Marriner * Beethoven Symphony No. 9 With Luba Orgonasova Anthony Rolfe Johnson Gilles Cachemaille The Monteverdi Choir And The Orchestre Revolutionaire Et Romantique Conducted By Sir John Eliot Gardiner * Mahler Symphony No. 3 Conducted By Pierre Boulez * Berlioz The Damnation Of Faust With Bryn Terfel Conducted By Myung-Whun Chung * Theresienstadt With Bengt Forsberg And Others * Elgar The Dream Of Gerontius With Alastair Miles And David Rendall Conducted By Sir Colin Davis read less