“As in the following songs, in which the orchestra has not only an accompanying function, but rather the singing voice is another instrument, Schwanewilms displays with her soprano lavish colorfulness and tonal opulence. It may sound contradictory, but at the same time her interpretation sounds vocally rich in soul and intimate.An epic breath pervades it all.«
Reutlinger Generalanzeiger, Christoph B. Ströhle, 9 March 2022
“Schwanewilm’s voice seemed to float in from much farther away than the organ stage on which she stood. Her brilliant highs were enveloped in an inexplicable aura that takes one’s breath away, the depth was of magical substance. (…) Everything seems as if Hugo Wolf had written these songs for her. (…) Unanimous bowing to a great voice and a magnificent program”.
WAZ, Barbara Seppi, 9 January 2022
In cooperation with the Summer Campus of the University of Music and Theatre in Rostock, the Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern presents the concert “Seelenmusik” with late romantic orchestral works. Anne Schwanewilms, who teaches one of the master classes at the university this summer, performs songs by Gustav Mahler, the conductor is Marcus Bosch. The soloists of the summer campus can also be heard. 26 August 2021, Niendorf (on the island of Poel)
On Saturday, 12 June 2021 at 7.30 p.m., Anne Schwanewilms and pianist Manuel Lange, as well as actress Nicole Averkamp, will be guests at the festival „Heidelberger Frühling“ with a program centered around the texts of the Heidelberg poet Hilde Domin. The focus of the evening will be on the premiere of the song cycle “Dennoch“ („nevertheless“) by composer Stefan Heucke, who has set poems by Hilde Domin to music. This premiere will be complemented by a selection from Hugo Wolf’s “Mörike-Lieder” and readings of selected poems by Hilde Domin.
A recording of Richard Wagner’s romantic opera „Lohengrin“ with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Jaap van Zweden is currently available on the website of the Dutch radio station NOP Radio 4. In the recording from February 2, 2008, Klaus Florian Vogt (title role), Anne Schwanewilms (Elsa), Eike Wilm Schulte (Telramund), Marianne Cornetti (Ortrud) and Ronnie Johansen (Heinrich) sing.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the MET has canceled the entire 2020/2021 season. Instead, the opera house broadcasts one production each week in its „Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinee broadcast“ series. On 24 April 2021, the program will present a recording of Richard Strauss’ „Die Frau ohne Schatten“ from 2013 with Anne Schwanewilms as Empress. Vladimir Jurowski is the musical director.
Due to the Catalan government’s decision to cancel all cultural events until mid-November 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the recital with Anne Schwanewilms and Jonathan Ware scheduled for 2 November 2020, unfortunately also has to be cancelled. The concert would have been Anne Schwanewilms’ debut at the Vittoria de los Angeles Lied Festival, but it will be made up for at a later date.
On 2 November 2020 Anne Schwanewilms makes her debut at the Lied festival Victoria de los Angeles in Barcelona. She will be accompanied by the American pianist Jonathan Ware, the program includes works by Mahler, Duparc, Strauss, Debussy and Wolf. 2 November 8 p.m., Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, Sala Domènech i Montaner.
„Anne Schwanewilms possesses the elegance and attitude of the sopranos who are great Marschallins, she sang with delicate and perfectly nuanced lines.“
Scherzo, Asier Vallejo Ugarte, 4 October 2020
On 1 and 2 October 2020 Anne Schwanewilms will be a guest at the opening concert of the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Richard Wagner’s wonderful „Wesendonck-Lieder“ are on the program, conducted by Erik Nielsen who is principal conductor of the Basque orchestra, which has been founded 100 years ago. Performances: 1 and 2 October 2020, 19.30, Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao