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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. For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Göran von Otter (1907 – 1988) was a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II. Anne Sofie von Otter is von Otters daughter. ... Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in the City of London, UK. The first Guildhall School was housed in an old warehouse in Aldermanbury, but these premises soon proved too small. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... “Haydn” redirects here. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a district in London, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by night. ... “Mozart” redirects here. ... George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German-born British Baroque music composer. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... “Mahler” redirects here. ... Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of the Romantic period. ... Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. ... Photograph of Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf (March 13, 1860 – February 22, 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. ... Johan Julius Christian Jean / Janne Sibelius ( ; December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of classical music and one of the most notable composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick McManus August 25, 1954) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. ... A conductor conducting at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... William Christie can refer to: William Henry Mahoney Christie (1845–1922), astronomer. ... Marc Minkowski is a French conductor of mostly baroque works and french neoclassical music, he was born in Paris in 1962. ... Claudio Abbado (born June 26, 1933) is a noted Italian conductor. ... Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. ... Myung-Whun Chung (January 22, 1953, Seoul) is a Korean-American pianist and conductor. ...

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

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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

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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

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External links

• Anne-Sofie von Otter's website