Anne Sofie von Otter Mezzo-soprano

Considered one of the finest singers of her generation, Anne Sofie von Otter continues to be sought after by many of the major conductors, orchestras, opera and recording companies of the world. Recent operatic highlights have included Bizet’s Carmen (Glyndebourne and Santa Fe Festivals), Gluck’s Orfeo (Stockholm, Munich) and Alceste (Paris Chatelet), Ottavia in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Lully’s Thesée (Paris, Theatre des Champs-Elysees), Strauss’ Clairon/Capriccio (Paris Palais Garnier), Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole (Stockholm), Didon in Berlioz’ Les Troyens (Geneva), Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress (Vienna), Wagner’s Brangäne (Los Angeles) and Waltraute (Festivals of Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence), Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (Basel) and Debussy’s Melisande and Countess Geschwitz/Lulu (New York).

An acclaimed recitalist, Anne Sofie von Otter performs around the globe with her accompanist, Bengt Forsberg and is renowned for her fresh and explorative programming. An equally busy concert career takes her regularly to the major halls of Europe and North America where she enjoys a regular partnership with some of the world's pre-eminent conductors.

Boasting an extensive and diverse discography, Anne Sofie von Otter recorded exclusively with Deutsche Grammophon between 1985 and 2009 but began an exciting new recording relationship earlier this year with Naïve Paris. The first Naïve recording, Love Songs, a collaboration with legendary jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, will be released in October 2010.

Anne Sofie von Otter’s current season includes an extensive recital tour of the USA and Europe together with Brad Mehldau, orchestral concerts with the Israel Philharmonic/Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas as well as tours with Concerto Copenhagen/Mortensen and Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski. A season of operatic debuts, Anne Sofie von Otter will sing new productions of Rameau’s Castor et Pollux at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien and Charpentier’s Medee for the Frankfurt Opera, as well as Handel’s Tamerlano, alongside Placido Domingo, at Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona.

2010/2011 season

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