Name Anne Schwanewilms | Role Soprano | |
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Albums Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Nominations Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording Similar People Evelyn Herlitzius, Christian Thielemann, Rene Pape, Waltraud Meier, Ben Heppner | ||
Recital anne schwanewilms 2008 09
Anne Schwanewilms (born 1967, in Gelsenkirchen) is a German lyric soprano. She studied gardening before training in Cologne as a singer with the German bass Hans Sotin. She is particularly associated with performing the works of Richard Wagner, Franz Schreker, Alban Berg, and Richard Strauss. She sang the lead role of Carlotta in Franz Schreker's Die Gezeichneten at the Salzburg Festival in 2005, recorded and subsequently published on DVD by Opus Arte.
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- Recital anne schwanewilms 2008 09
- Anne Schwanewilms Richard Wagner Lohengrin Berlin Opera Night 2003
- Awards
- References
She sang Gutrune in James Levine's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
On 26 January 2011, she performed the role of the Marschallin in the jubilee centenary performance of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss at the Semperoper in Dresden.
Her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in the role of the Kaiserin in Die Frau ohne Schatten took place on 7 November 2013.
Anne Schwanewilms: Richard Wagner - Lohengrin | Berlin Opera Night (2003)
Awards
In 2002, she was named Singer of the Year by the German magazine Opernwelt.