The wrappings weren't pure fluff, either. Franz Schreker's early Op. 3 songs give no indication of the adventurer to come, but he lends a bittersweet twist to reflections on a past love by Paul Heyse.

Lieder, yes, but chansons? Would her French be up to the clotted symbolism Debussy wrote himself for some of his most dreamlike music in his early Proses Lyriques? It hadn’t been clear some years back ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Most people in London probably think of Anne Schwanewilms in connection with the episode of the “little black dress”.

Messiaen’s 1930s song-cycle, an evocation of mystical love inspired by his first wife, deserves a wider hearing, and Schwanewilms’ white soprano captures its enchanted beauty. The Orchestre National ...

German soprano Anne Schwanewilms will make a much-anticipated New York recital debut, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, on Sunday, April 16 at 5:00 pm at Alice Tully Hall. She performs works ...

Born in 1967 in the German industrial city of Gelsenkirchen, Anne Schwanewilms is a lyric soprano associated with German late Romantic music. Her voice is on the bright side, with coloratura high ...

“For a long time I had a conflicted relationship with Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder”, the German soprano Anne Schwanewilms comments in the CD booklet. Who does not? These songs about the death of ...

German lyric soprano Anne Schwanewilms, inset, can be a storm on the opera stage and a consummate Straussian – her portrait of the Marschallin is the most stirring I've seen. On the right day she can ...

GERMAN soprano Anne Schwanewilms started off as a mezzo, and from her beautifully delivered but slightly unengaging Queen’s Hall recital, you could tell. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

On Thursday morning, the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh was filled with the gorgeous sound of soprano Anne Schwanewilms. In this programme of Lieder by Strauss and Mahler, her vocal abilities were evident.