Anne Sofie von Otter & Brooklyn Rider

Anne Sofie von Otter is considered one of the most important singers of her generation and is among the most sought-after artists of our time – by conductors, orchestras, opera houses, and record labels alike. Song recitals with her pianist Bengt Forsberg take her around the globe; in the past season, she also toured extensively through North America and Europe with Brad Mehldau. Anne Sofie von Otter’s equally successful concert career has brought her to the most prestigious concert halls in Europe and North America, where she regularly collaborates with renowned conductors. Over recent seasons, she has enjoyed major personal successes on Europe’s leading opera stages. Her most recent engagements include Cornelia (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) at the Salzburg Festival under Giovanni Antonini, Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande) at the Opéra national de Paris under Philippe Jordan, Clytemnestre (Iphigénie en Aulide) under Marc Minkowski at the Dutch National Opera, Countess Geschwitz (Lulu) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York under James Levine, Waltraute (Götterdämmerung) at the Salzburg Easter Festival, in Aix-en-Provence and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin under Sir Simon Rattle, the title role in Jacques Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein in Basel and at the Theater an der Wien under Hervé Niquet, as well as Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress) at the Theater an der Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt and later Michael Boder. She has also sung the title role in Georges Bizet’s Carmen at the Glyndebourne and Santa Fe Festivals, Medée in Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Thesée and Ottavia in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Clairon (Capriccio) at the Opéra Garnier, Didon (Les Troyens) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Debussy’s Mélisande at the Metropolitan Opera. From 1985 to 2009, Anne Sofie von Otter had an exclusive collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon, resulting in a wide range of acclaimed recordings. Since last year, she has been signed with Naïve Paris, where a number of exciting projects are in development. Her first album with the label, released in October 2010, was Love Songs, recorded with the legendary jazz pianist Brad Mehldau.