She was born Anne Sofie von Otter in Stockholm, Sweden May 9,1955. Von Otter's goal was to sing in operas and to this end she took voice lessons and studied in Stockholm and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Soon after receiving her diploma she was hired by the Basel Opera where she made her operatic debut in 1983 in the part of Alcinda in Haydn's opera Orlando Paladino. After that there was no stopping Anne Sofie von Otter. Her fine, rich mezzo-soprano voice can be heard in opera houses and radio stations world wide.
Von Otter has sung for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and La Scala, among many others, all to great acclaim. Her New York Metropolitan Opera début was in 1988 where she played the part of Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.
She has played in operatic roles by Mozart, Handel, and Monteverdi, and in recital music you can hear von Otter singing the music of Mahler, Brahms, Grieg, Wolf and Sibelius.
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