Anne Sofie von Otter

Personal Info

Birthday

May 9, 1955

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Anne Sofie von Otter

Biography

Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs.

Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II. She grew up in Bonn, London and Stockholm.

Known For

På spåret

A Late Quartet

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Alceste

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

The Damnation of Faust

Carmen

Filmography

2023
Melancholia
as Gaby
2022
The Queen of Spades - La Monnaie
as Countess
2021
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
as Self
Benny and Stockholm House of Culture
as Self - Bennys fru
2020
Orphée aux Enfers - Salzburger Festspiele 2019
as L’Opinion publique
2016
Amours divins !
as Self - Chanteuse
2015
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
as Leokadja Begbick
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Real Madrid)
as La Muse
2012
A Late Quartet
as Miriam Mitchell
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
as Geneviève
2008
Bizet: Carmen
as Carmen
The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet
as Carmen, Bizet
2002
Carmen
as Carmen
2001
Anne Sofie von Otter: A Northern Star
as Self
2000
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
as Nerone
1999
Alceste
as Alceste
1997
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997
as Self - Soprano
1994
Der Rosenkavalier
as Octavian
1993
Mozart Requiem and Mass In C Minor
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
1992
Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
1989
The Damnation of Faust
as Marguerite (mezzosoprano)