A Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne-Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) well-known opera singer and concert recitalist. She is particularly renowned for her trouser roles.

Von Otter was natural within Stockholm. Her father was the diplomat & she grew higher inside Bonn, London & Stockholm. When researching around Stockholm & Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, she was engaged by the Basel Opera, where she processed her operatic début withinside 1983 when Alcina in Haydn's Orlando paladino. She manufactured her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden début in 1985 & her Metropolitan Opera début in 1988 when Cherubino. Within 1987, she processed her La Scala debut. She has experienced notable profits within roles of Mozart, Handel, and Monteverdi. Around recitals, she excels in the music of Mahler, Brahms, Grieg, and Wolf. Inside 2001 her Video releases moved inside an unusual counsel & involved an album by having Elvis Costello for which she won an Edison Award.