Anne Sofie von Otter

Anne Sofie von Otter is the sort of artist who reminds me why labels feel too small for the truly curious. A Swedish mezzo-soprano whose repertoire stretches from lieder and opera to oratorio and even rock and pop, she has refused to stay in one lane. The awards back it up: the Litteris et Artibus, the Rolf Schock Prize, multiple Echo Klassik wins. What draws me in, though, is the restlessness behind that range. An opera singer who will record pop is someone chasing the music itself, not the prestige of a genre, and that openness is rarer than any honor.

Name (English)

Anne Sofie von Otter

Name (Japanese)

アンネ・ゾフィー・フォン・オッター

Reading

あんね・ぞふぃー・ふぉん・おったー

Born

May 9, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Stockholm, Sweden

Occupation

opera singer

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Litteris et Artibus
• 2003 Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
• International Swede of the Year
• 2013 doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University
• 2011 Frankfurter Musikpreis
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
• 2000 Echo Klassik – Female Singer of the Year
• 1995 Echo Klassik – Female Singer of the Year

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.annesofievonotter.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BE%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC

Tags

• opera singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.