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A conversation with musician Elvis Costello and mezzo-soprano...
with Anner Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello on Jul 3, 2001
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with Anner Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello on Jul 3, 2001
The Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter is a well-known opera singer and concert recitalist. She is particularly famous for her trouser roles. 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, her CD releases moved in an unusual direction and included 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. Her recitals and many of her recordings have been collaborations with Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Sofie_von_Otter
