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
“The magnificent Anne Schwanewilms sings the scenes of Marie with a clear, high secure soprano and puts in her singing, in addition to magnificent top notes, much of the character of this torn figure.”
klassik-begeistert.de, Peter Sommeregger, 6 September 2020
„A highlight of the evening – the Three Fragments for Voice and Orchestra from Alban Berg’s opera ‚Wozzeck‘. A work in which the composer has shaped the social turmoils at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with musical urgency. The soprano Anne Schwanewilms impressively succeeded in lending credibility with great intensity to Marie, the opera’s female protagonist, who is suffering from the social abysses.“
Westfälische Nachrichten, Dietrich Bretz, 24 September 2020
The concert with Anne Schwanewilms scheduled for 21 June 2020 with the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa under the direction of Pedro Amaral will takes place on 20 September. The programme has been changed: instead of the „Rückert Lieder“ Gustav Mahler’s 4 Symphony will be performed.
In cooperation with Rai 5, Milan‘s La Scala is once again showing a series of productions from its opera archive this week. On 8 May 2020 at 17.30 pm Rai 5 presents Richard Strauss’ „Elektra“ with Anne Schwanewilms as Chrysothemis. Deborah Polaski sings the titel role, the musical direction lays in the hands of Semyon Bychkov. Friday, 8 May 2020, 5.30 pm
On 5 September 2020 Anne Schwanewilms returns to the Music Festival Berlin. She will perform the soprano part of Alban Berg’s „Drei Fragmente aus der Oper ‚Wozzeck‘“ with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. The concert program will also include Anton Webern’s „Fünf Stücke für Orchester“ and Alfred Schnittke’s „Concerto grosso“ No. 4 as well as his Symphony No. 5. Concert: September 5, 2020, 7 p.m