Anne Sofie von Otter

Mozart: Great Mass in C M...
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Anne Sofie von Otter, Uwe Heilmann
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Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor "Grosse Messe"
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Anne Sofie von Otter, Uwe Heilmann
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Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew P...
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz
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Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 CD3 of 3
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz
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Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew P...
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 3 CDs
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Anne Sofie von Otter singt Händel
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Geistliche Arien
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Schumann Gold
Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Christoph Eschenbach
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Home For Christmas Reupload
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Sir Georg Solti: A Celebr...
Zubin Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovich, Angela Gheorghiu
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Sir Georg Solti: A Celebration
Zubin Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovich, Angela Gheorghiu
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9...
Sir Neville Marriner, Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Sir Neville Marriner, Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figar...
Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492
Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'H...
Jessye Norman, Anne Sofie von Otter, Francisco Araiza
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Jessye Norman, Anne Sofie von Otter, Francisco Araiza
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'H...
Jessye Norman, Francisco Araiza, Cheryl Studer
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Jessye Norman, Francisco Araiza, Cheryl Studer
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Sir Neville Marriner, Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Sir Neville Marriner, Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Handel: Messiah (Highligh...
Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance
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Handel: Messiah (Highlights)
Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance
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Gluck: Alceste 2 CD set
Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Gluck: Alceste 2 CD set
Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Handel: Messiah 2 CDs
Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance
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Korngold: Songs and Chamber Music
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Zemlinsky: Lieder
Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Andreas Schmidt
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Berlioz: La Damnation de...
Michael Myers, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust 2 CDs
Michael Myers, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust 2 CD's
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Keith Lewis
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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Freni, Sir Thomas Allen
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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin - Highlights
Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Freni, Sir Thomas Allen
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights
Thomas Hampson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw
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Mendelssohn: Elijah 2 CDs
Yvonne Kenny, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Mendelssohn: Elijah 2 CDs
Yvonne Kenny, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Bach, J.S.: Mass in B minor
Georg Solti, Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Dol...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Dolby Atmos
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
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Berg: Three Orchestral Pi...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Berg: Three Orchestral Pieces
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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The Art Of Anne Sofie Von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Schubert: Lieder With Orc...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
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Schubert: Lieder With Orchestra
Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
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Verdi: Requiem 16
Luba Orgonasova, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luca Canonici
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Ombre de mon amant - Fren...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Orchestre Les Arts florissants, William Christie
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Ombre de mon amant - French Baroque Arias
Anne Sofie von Otter, Orchestre Les Arts florissants, William Christie
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Mozart: Cosi fan tutte 3 C...
Karita Mattila, Elzbieta Szmytka, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Mozart: Cosi fan tutte 3 CDs
Karita Mattila, Elzbieta Szmytka, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Alto-Rhapsody; Tragic Overture
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
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Anne Sofie von Otter - in my element
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Boldemann / Gefors / Hill...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
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Boldemann / Gefors / Hillborg
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
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A Digital Gift From The G...
Magdalena Kožená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
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A Digital Gift From The Gramophone Label Of The Year, Deutsche Grammophon
Magdalena Kožená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
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Terezín / Theresienstadt...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Christian Gerhaher
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Terezín / Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Christian Gerhaher
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Grieg: Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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I let the music speak
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Grieg: Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Music for a While
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Music for a While
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Wings In The Night: Swedish Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Watercolours
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Watercolours . Swedish Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Moderne Klassiker: Gesang Edited Version
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Gluck: Alceste CD 2 of 2
Anne Sofie von Otter, Dietrich Henschel, Paul Groves
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Chaminade: Songs; Chamber...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf
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Chaminade: Songs; Chamber Music
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf
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Beethoven / Meyerbeer / Spohr: Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter, Melvyn Tan
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Anne-Sofie von Otter - Folksongs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights
Thomas Hampson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Parts 3-4) CD 2
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Keith Lewis
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Anne-Sofie von Otter - The Artist's Album
Anne Sofie von Otter
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Schubert: Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Swedish Radio Choir
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Gluck / Haydn / Mozart -...
Anne Sofie von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
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Gluck / Haydn / Mozart - Opera Arias
Anne Sofie von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
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Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; 5 Rückert-Lieder / Zemlinsky: Six Songs to Poems by Maurice Maeterlinck
Anne Sofie von Otter
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La Bonne Chanson - French Chamber Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Haydn / Mozart: Songs and Canzonettas
Anne Sofie von Otter, Melvyn Tan
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Beethoven: Symphony No.9...
Luba Orgonasova, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral"
Luba Orgonasova, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Verdi: Requiem/Quattro Pe...
Luba Orgonasova, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luca Canonici
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Verdi: Requiem/Quattro Pezzi Sacri CD 2 of 2
Luba Orgonasova, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luca Canonici
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'éte...
Anne Sofie von Otter, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'éte; Mélodies
Anne Sofie von Otter, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Mozart: Great Mass in C m...
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Mozart: Great Mass in C minor; Ave Verum Corpus
Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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Berg / Korngold / R. Strauss: Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Grieg: Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
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Mendelssohn: Elijah CD 2 o...
Yvonne Kenny, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Mendelssohn: Elijah CD 2 of 2
Yvonne Kenny, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Anne Sofie von Otter
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Brahms: Lieder
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf
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Bach, J.S.: Christmas Ora...
Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz
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Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio - Arias and Choruses
Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz
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Handel: Messiah - Arias and Choruses
Arleen Augér, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance
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Zemlinsky: Ehetanzlied un...
Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Andreas Schmidt
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Zemlinsky: Ehetanzlied und andere Gesänge, Op. 10; Sechs Gesänge, Op.13; Sechs Lieder, Op. 22; Zwölf Lieder, Op. 27
Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Andreas Schmidt
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Handel: Messiah 2 CD's
Arleen Augér, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance
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BIOGRAFIA
Anne Sofie von Otter was born in Stockholm and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Vera Rosza. She also attended classes in lied interpretation with Geoffrey Parsons in London and Erik Werba in Vienna. In 1980 she began her collaboration with the pianist Bengt Forsberg. Two years later she joined the ensemble of the Basle Opera, where she made her mark as an interpreter of Mozart (Cherubino, Dorabella, Sesto) and Richard Strauss (Composer). One of the finest singers of her generation, the internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano works with the pre-eminent conductors of the day, has triumphed at the world’s major opera houses and is a regular guest at leading festivals. Anne Sofie von Otter has also achieved great success as a lieder interpreter, mostly in collaboration with Bengt Forsberg.
1984
Debut with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Giuseppe Sinopoli; first appears at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
1985
Covent Garden debut as Cherubino; Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ and La Damnation de Faust at the Opéra de Lyon under Gardiner. Beginning of her association with Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv Produktion.
1987
CD releases: Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Messenger; Edison prize, 1988), and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, both with Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists.
1990
Named “Recording Artist of the Year” with an International Record Critics Award.
1991
At Covent Garden, debut in La Cenerentola (title role); CD releases: Mozart’s Idomeneo (Idamante) and La clemenza di Tito (Sesto) with Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, and Le nozze di Figaro at the Met under Levine; Brahms lieder with Forsberg (Grand Prix International du disque, 1991).
1992
Salzburg Easter Festival debut; great success as Ramiro in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera at the Salzburg Summer Festival.
1993
CD of Grieg songs with Forsberg (Gramophone Award, Prix Caecilia, Brussels, 1993; Edison Award, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 1994).
1994
Tours Japan with the Vienna State Opera in Der Rosenkavalier; CD releases: Speak Low (Weill songs) with Gardiner, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and Forsberg; Handel’s Marian Cantatas with Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln (CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 1995); lieder by Berg, Korngold and Strauss with Forsberg.
1995
“Singer of the Year” at the Cannes Classical Awards and Germany’s Echo Awards; on CD: Berg’s orchestral lieder with Abbado and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Schumann lieder with Forsberg (Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du disque, Prix Caecilia, Brussels, 1995).
1996
First recital at the Salzburg Festival; “Artist of the Year” at the Gramophone Awards; tours with songs from Wings in the Night (Echo Award, 1997); other CD releases: La bonne chanson (Edison Award, Grand Prix du disque, 1997); lieder by Mahler and Zemlinsky, and Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Ottavia).
1997
Great success as Handel’s Ariodante (under Minkowski) in Europe; debut as Carmen in Japan with the Opéra de Lyon and Kent Nagano, performs Carmen at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve concert with Abbado, recorded for DG and telecast live; Diapason d’or as “Artist of the Year”; CD releases: Ariodante (title role) with Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre (Classic CD Award and Cannes Classical Award, 1999).
1998
Creates the role of Sorl in Ståden by Sven-David Sandström at the Royal Swedish Opera; CD releases include La Damnation de Faust (Marguerite) with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Chung, and Lamenti with Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln.
1999
Appears in Poppea in Aix-en-Provence; CD releases: Rendezvous with Korngold with Forsberg and Friends; Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Thomas Quasthoff, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Abbado (Grammy, 2000); Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (Baba the Turk) with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gardiner (Grammy, 2000); and Home for Christmas – a compilation of Swedish Christmas carols and songs.
2001
Participates in the Stockholm concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize; named “Singer of the Year” at the Echo Awards; CD releases include For the Stars, with Elvis Costello (Edison Award, 2002), and Mots d’amour (Mélodies by Cécile Chaminade) with Forsberg (Gramophone Award “Best Vocal Recording”, 2002).
2002
Sings Carmen at the Glyndebourne Festival. CD releases: Handel’s Hercules (Choc du Monde de la musique, Diapason d’or, 2002) and arias and scenes by Offenbach, both featuring Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre.
2003
Tours Europe with Lamenti; BBC Prom with Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre; Handel’s Serse in Paris and London. CD releases: Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Boulez, orchestrated Schubert lieder with Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Grammy, 2004), and Handel’s Giulio Cesare with Minkowski (Diapason d’Or, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2003).
2004
Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict and Strauss’s Capriccio in Paris, Poppea in Paris and London; recitals with Forsberg in Europe and North America and with Andreas Staier in Germany and Austria. CD releases include Watercolours, a second Swedish song recital with Forsberg (Diapason d’or, 2004), and Ravel’s Shéhérazade with Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra.
2005
Appearances include Mélisande and Sesto, Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole, Gluck’s Orfeo, and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion; concerts and recitals in the USA and Europe, including a BBC Prom with Gustavo Dudamel and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. On CD: Mahler with Boulez and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Music for a While – Baroque melodies by Caccini, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Ferrari, Strozzi, Dowland and Purcell.
2006
Opera engagements include Carmen, Orfeo, Theodora (Handel) and Bluebeard’s Castle; Mahler song cycles with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Finnish Radio and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker; world premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s St. John Passion in Stockholm. Recitals in Japan, Europe and the USA. European tours with the programmes “I Let The Music Speak” and “Excerpts from the Great American Songbook”. CD releases: I Let The Music Speak – with the music of ABBA and songs by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and the Christmas album Noël with Bengt Forsberg. On Hélène Grimaud’s disc Reflection she performs three songs by Clara Schumann.
2007
Role debut as Brangaene in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles and New York, Orfeo in Stockholm, and Berlioz’s Les Troyens in Geneva; Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in France, Mozart’s Requiem with Levine at the Verbier Festival, Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été with Les Musiciens du Louvre – Grenoble and Minkowski at the Athens Festival, the BBC Proms and in Spain; recitals with Forsberg in London, Lille, Brussels, Vienna and Verbier. On her new recording with music composed by Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp, she is joined by baritone Christian Gerhaher, pianists Bengt Forsberg and Gerold Huber, and violinist Daniel Hope (scheduled for summer).
2008
Orfeo, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, and Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn in Stockholm; Lully’s Thésée in Paris; Ravel’s Shéhérazade at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress under Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Vienna; Mozart arias in Salzburg and Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne in Grenoble, Frankfurt, Spain and at the Budapest Festival under Marc Minkowski; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Berlioz’s Les Troyens with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine. Residency at Vienna’s Musikverein. Festival appearances in Sweden, Tanglewood, Santander, Lucerne, and Edinburgh. Christmas concert tour to the Far East. Release of Swedish orchestral songs by Hans Gefors, Anders Hillborg (both world-premiere recordings) and Laci Boldemann with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano.
2009
Mahler’s Symphony no. 3 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Wagner’s Götterdämmerung in Stockholm and at the Aix-en-Provence Festival; Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 in the USA; Songs from Theresienstadt in the USA, on tour in Europe, at the Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern music festivals and at the Schubertiade; Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein in Basle. Bach is on the programme of two European tours with Concerto Copenhagen to support her new recording of famous arias by J. S. Bach with Concerto Copenhagen under Lars Ulrik Mortensen, which is due for release in the spring.
1984
Debut with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Giuseppe Sinopoli; first appears at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
1985
Covent Garden debut as Cherubino; Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ and La Damnation de Faust at the Opéra de Lyon under Gardiner. Beginning of her association with Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv Produktion.
1987
CD releases: Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Messenger; Edison prize, 1988), and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, both with Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists.
1990
Named “Recording Artist of the Year” with an International Record Critics Award.
1991
At Covent Garden, debut in La Cenerentola (title role); CD releases: Mozart’s Idomeneo (Idamante) and La clemenza di Tito (Sesto) with Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, and Le nozze di Figaro at the Met under Levine; Brahms lieder with Forsberg (Grand Prix International du disque, 1991).
1992
Salzburg Easter Festival debut; great success as Ramiro in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera at the Salzburg Summer Festival.
1993
CD of Grieg songs with Forsberg (Gramophone Award, Prix Caecilia, Brussels, 1993; Edison Award, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 1994).
1994
Tours Japan with the Vienna State Opera in Der Rosenkavalier; CD releases: Speak Low (Weill songs) with Gardiner, the NDR Symphony Orchestra and Forsberg; Handel’s Marian Cantatas with Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln (CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 1995); lieder by Berg, Korngold and Strauss with Forsberg.
1995
“Singer of the Year” at the Cannes Classical Awards and Germany’s Echo Awards; on CD: Berg’s orchestral lieder with Abbado and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Schumann lieder with Forsberg (Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du disque, Prix Caecilia, Brussels, 1995).
1996
First recital at the Salzburg Festival; “Artist of the Year” at the Gramophone Awards; tours with songs from Wings in the Night (Echo Award, 1997); other CD releases: La bonne chanson (Edison Award, Grand Prix du disque, 1997); lieder by Mahler and Zemlinsky, and Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (Ottavia).
1997
Great success as Handel’s Ariodante (under Minkowski) in Europe; debut as Carmen in Japan with the Opéra de Lyon and Kent Nagano, performs Carmen at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve concert with Abbado, recorded for DG and telecast live; Diapason d’or as “Artist of the Year”; CD releases: Ariodante (title role) with Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre (Classic CD Award and Cannes Classical Award, 1999).
1998
Creates the role of Sorl in Ståden by Sven-David Sandström at the Royal Swedish Opera; CD releases include La Damnation de Faust (Marguerite) with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Chung, and Lamenti with Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln.
1999
Appears in Poppea in Aix-en-Provence; CD releases: Rendezvous with Korngold with Forsberg and Friends; Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Thomas Quasthoff, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Abbado (Grammy, 2000); Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (Baba the Turk) with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gardiner (Grammy, 2000); and Home for Christmas – a compilation of Swedish Christmas carols and songs.
2001
Participates in the Stockholm concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize; named “Singer of the Year” at the Echo Awards; CD releases include For the Stars, with Elvis Costello (Edison Award, 2002), and Mots d’amour (Mélodies by Cécile Chaminade) with Forsberg (Gramophone Award “Best Vocal Recording”, 2002).
2002
Sings Carmen at the Glyndebourne Festival. CD releases: Handel’s Hercules (Choc du Monde de la musique, Diapason d’or, 2002) and arias and scenes by Offenbach, both featuring Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre.
2003
Tours Europe with Lamenti; BBC Prom with Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre; Handel’s Serse in Paris and London. CD releases: Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Boulez, orchestrated Schubert lieder with Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Grammy, 2004), and Handel’s Giulio Cesare with Minkowski (Diapason d’Or, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2003).
2004
Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict and Strauss’s Capriccio in Paris, Poppea in Paris and London; recitals with Forsberg in Europe and North America and with Andreas Staier in Germany and Austria. CD releases include Watercolours, a second Swedish song recital with Forsberg (Diapason d’or, 2004), and Ravel’s Shéhérazade with Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra.
2005
Appearances include Mélisande and Sesto, Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole, Gluck’s Orfeo, and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion; concerts and recitals in the USA and Europe, including a BBC Prom with Gustavo Dudamel and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. On CD: Mahler with Boulez and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Music for a While – Baroque melodies by Caccini, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Ferrari, Strozzi, Dowland and Purcell.
2006
Opera engagements include Carmen, Orfeo, Theodora (Handel) and Bluebeard’s Castle; Mahler song cycles with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Finnish Radio and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker; world premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s St. John Passion in Stockholm. Recitals in Japan, Europe and the USA. European tours with the programmes “I Let The Music Speak” and “Excerpts from the Great American Songbook”. CD releases: I Let The Music Speak – with the music of ABBA and songs by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and the Christmas album Noël with Bengt Forsberg. On Hélène Grimaud’s disc Reflection she performs three songs by Clara Schumann.
2007
Role debut as Brangaene in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles and New York, Orfeo in Stockholm, and Berlioz’s Les Troyens in Geneva; Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in France, Mozart’s Requiem with Levine at the Verbier Festival, Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été with Les Musiciens du Louvre – Grenoble and Minkowski at the Athens Festival, the BBC Proms and in Spain; recitals with Forsberg in London, Lille, Brussels, Vienna and Verbier. On her new recording with music composed by Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp, she is joined by baritone Christian Gerhaher, pianists Bengt Forsberg and Gerold Huber, and violinist Daniel Hope (scheduled for summer).
2008
Orfeo, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, and Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn in Stockholm; Lully’s Thésée in Paris; Ravel’s Shéhérazade at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress under Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Vienna; Mozart arias in Salzburg and Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne in Grenoble, Frankfurt, Spain and at the Budapest Festival under Marc Minkowski; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Berlioz’s Les Troyens with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine. Residency at Vienna’s Musikverein. Festival appearances in Sweden, Tanglewood, Santander, Lucerne, and Edinburgh. Christmas concert tour to the Far East. Release of Swedish orchestral songs by Hans Gefors, Anders Hillborg (both world-premiere recordings) and Laci Boldemann with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano.
2009
Mahler’s Symphony no. 3 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Wagner’s Götterdämmerung in Stockholm and at the Aix-en-Provence Festival; Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 in the USA; Songs from Theresienstadt in the USA, on tour in Europe, at the Rheingau, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern music festivals and at the Schubertiade; Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein in Basle. Bach is on the programme of two European tours with Concerto Copenhagen to support her new recording of famous arias by J. S. Bach with Concerto Copenhagen under Lars Ulrik Mortensen, which is due for release in the spring.