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Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is an opera singer and concert recitalist. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto She is particularly known for her trouser roles. A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role) is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing ( Breeches being tight-fitting knee-length pants

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Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Her father was the diplomat Göran von Otter and she grew up in Bonn, London and Stockholm. Göran von Otter (1907&ndash1988 was a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II 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. Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. She made her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden début in 1985 and her Metropolitan Opera début in 1988 as Cherubino. WikipediaWikiProject Opera --> The Royal Opera House is an Opera house and major performing Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. In 1987, she made her La Scala debut. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was 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. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Hugo Wolf (March 13 1860 – February 22 1903 was an Austrian Composer of Slovene origin particularly noted for his art songs or Lieder. In 2001 she released an album with Elvis Costello, for which she won an Edison Award. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Among the conductors she has worked with repeatedly are William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Claudio Abbado, John Eliot Gardiner, and Myung-Whun Chung. Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Marc Minkowski (born 4 October 1962 in Paris) is a French conductor of classical music especially known for his interpretations of WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born June Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset Myung-whun Chung (born January 22, 1953, Seoul) is a Korean born pianist and conductor. Most of her recitals and many of her recordings have been collaborations with Swedish pianist Bengt Forsberg.

She is married to Benny Fredriksson, an actor and theatre director, and has two children.

Lieder and songs

Operas

Other recordings

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