Boasting an unparalleled and multi-award-winning discography, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter ranks among the most versatile vocal artists of our time. Her collaborations span from legendary conductors such as Carlos Kleiber, Claudio Abbado and Giuseppe Sinopoli to artists including Elvis Costello, Brad Mehldau and Rufus Wainwright.

An ever-evolving repertoire has always been central to the Swedish singer’s international career – from her acclaimed early portrayal of Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier to her celebrated interpretation of Leonora in the world premiere of Thomas Adès’ The Exterminating Angel at the Salzburg Festival and the Royal Ballet & Opera. Recent highlights include Madame de Croissy (Dialogues des Carmélites) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro) in Christof Loy’s production at the Bavarian State Opera, L’Opinion Publique (Orphée aux Enfers) in Barrie Kosky’s staging at the Salzburg Festival, and Mérope (Oedipe) at the Opéra National de Paris. In recent seasons she has also made notable role debuts as the Countess in Pique Dame at La Monnaie under Nathalie Stutzmann and as Adelaide in Arabella at Teatro Real under David Afkham.

Anne Sofie von Otter has served as a muse and source of inspiration for numerous contemporary composers, most notably Mikael Karlsson, whose song cycle So We Will Vanish was dedicated to her and recently performed with both the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste. In 2023, she created the role of Gaby in the world premiere of Karlsson’s opera Melancholia at the Royal Swedish Opera and portrayed Justine in Fanny and Alexander, which premiered at La Monnaie in a production by Ivo van Hove and was streamed internationally. During the same season, she also appeared in the world premiere of Philippe Manoury’s Die letzten Tage der Menschheit at Oper Köln.

Anne Sofie von Otter is equally celebrated as a concert and recital artist. Her career has taken her to the world’s leading stages, performing a remarkably diverse repertoire ranging from Mahler, Berlioz, Bach and Kurt Weill to an extensive body of song literature by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf and Mahler, as well as lesser-known composers such as Cécile Chaminade, Korngold, Peterson-Berger and Stenhammar.

Highlights of the 2025/26 season include recital tours across North America with her long-standing musical partner Kristian Bezuidenhout, featuring Schubert’s Schwanengesang, as well as concert tours to Japan and Hong Kong with a festive trio programme. She will also perform the role of the Baroness in Samuel Barber’s Vanessa with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons and give further performances of So We Will Vanish with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Pekka Kuusisto. In addition, she returns to the opera stage as Cornelia in Giulio Cesare at Opernhaus Zürich, Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and Ottavia in Christoph Marthaler’s acclaimed production of L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Royal Danish Opera.

Today, Anne Sofie von Otter is one of the most recorded singers in classical music. Her career, spanning more than four decades at the highest level of the profession, has produced an extraordinary discography, particularly through her long-standing exclusive partnership with Deutsche Grammophon. Among her many award-winning recordings are Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Claudio Abbado, Handel’s Ariodante, Giulio Cesare and Hercules with Marc Minkowski, and the crossover album For the Stars with Elvis Costello. Her double album Douce France received the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Numerous operatic roles have also been preserved on CD and DVD, including Octavian with Bernard Haitink and Carlos Kleiber, Cherubino under James Levine, La clemenza di Tito and Orfeo ed Euridice under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and Ariadne auf Naxos under Giuseppe Sinopoli.