Anne Schwanewilms

Anne Schwanewilms ( * 1967 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German opera singer (soprano ).

Life

Anne Schwanewilms received her vocal training in Cologne. Among her teachers was the famous bassist Hans Sotin. From 1990 to 1992 she was a member of the Opera Studio in Cologne, then she was at the Opera House until 1996, regular member of the ensemble. After she had initially sung roles for mezzo- soprano, she soon moved into the soprano repertoire. She appeared at the opera houses in Hamburg, Munich, Dresden's Semper Opera, in Bonn, at the Komische Oper Berlin, in Metz and in Rome, and at the festivals in Glyndebourne.

Schwanewilms made ​​primarily as an interpreter of Richard Wagner roles a name. 1996 to 1998 she appeared at the Bayreuth Festival as Gutrune in "Götterdämmerung " on. In Bonn, it was heard in 1998 as Sieglinde in " Die Walküre " at the Staatsoper Berlin as Sieglinde, Gutrune and Senta in " The Flying Dutchman". She also appeared at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, at the Covent Garden Opera London, at the Opéra National de Paris, Chicago, Santa Fe, and at the Salzburg Festival. The Opernwelt appointed her 2002 " Singer of the Year ".

CD recordings

• Gustav Mahler: " Symphony No.8 " - Decca
• Fracis Grier: "Around the Curve of the World" - Somm
• Richard Wagner: " Wesendonck -Lieder" - Ambitus

DVD recordings

• Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung " - German Grammophon
• Richard Wagner: " Lohengrin " -
• Franz Schreker: The Blight - Euro Arts