About Anne Runolfsson
“Anne’s lovely voice weaves magic. Her truth makes me cry”
— Julie Andrews
With “a flexible voice that shifts, with crowd-pleasing virtuosity, between ethereal melodiousness and piercing big-moment resonance” (NY Times) Anne Runolfsson has entertained audiences worldwide for the past 35 years. A veteran of the stage and concert venues, her Broadway and National tour appearances include: Phantom of the Opera (Carlotta), Victor Victoria (Stand-by for Julie Andrews and Liza Minelli), Les Miserables (Fantine), Cyrano-the Musical (Roxane), The Secret Garden (Lili), Aspects of Love and James Joyce’s the Dead (Gretta).
As a soloist: The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall (with tenor Jose Carreras), The 02 Arena (London-with Julie Andrews), The Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), The Kennedy Center, Philly Pops, Boston Pops, Cleveland Pops, Cincinnati Pops, The National Symphony, The Jerusalem Symphony, The Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Symphony Orchestras of San Francisco, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Indianapolis, Toronto, Milwaukee, Utah, Detroit, Dallas, Houston among others. She was a frequent guest soloist alongside the late Marvin Hamlisch often performing with her daughter singer/actress Tess Adams. Anne was awarded New York City’s prestigious MAC award for Best Female Singer. Cabaret: Birdland, 54 Below, The Green Room 42, 92nd st. Y, The Russian Tea Room, Rainbow and Stars, and Hollywood’s Cinegrill and Gardenia. Show recordings include: Les Miserables International Cast, Listen to My Heart, and You Oughta Be On Broadway. Her solo album, At Sea, is available on all streaming services
Anne performs alongside her daughter, Tess Adams, in their biographical show entitled The Story Goes On: A Broadway Family Journey. The Story Goes On chronicles the highs and lows of their life together onstage and off as a single mother/daughter performing team. The show debuted in July 2021 at Connecticut’s Legacy Theatre, played to a sold-out Green Room 42 in New York City, and was performed in 2022 at the Farmington Civic Center in New Mexico and The New Spire Arts Theater in Frederick, MD.
Anne has appeared on NBCs The Blacklist and made her directorial debut December 2021 in Los Angeles with My Unauthorized Hallmark Movie Musical.
Anne’s 2022/2023 symphony performances included the Phoenix Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Utah Symphony and Knoxville Symphony. Anne lives in Connecticut with her husband, Don Weinbach.