Princess Anni-Frid Photos

Nice pictures Monica. It's funny where you can pick up some revelations and quotes. This is from a 2012 review of Zermatt by David Allsop, the author of 'The Bluffer's Guide to Skiing'.

This being Zermatt, however, there’s always another opportunity to indulge your senses, and when you see your host tapping his watch and pointing towards the chalet door, it’s a safe bet that the evening entertainment is far from finished.
And it’s certainly not finished if you find yourself in this part of Switzerland in mid-April for the ‘Zermatt Unplugged’ festival. Music in the mountains has progressed significantly since Julie Andrews and the Von Trapp family – these days you’re much more likely to find yourself attending a performance by Lionel Richie, Billy Idol, David Gray, John Mayall, Deep Purple’s Jon Lord, and Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson.
In my case it was an audience with Seal, aka Mr Heidi Klum – although it’s probably not a good idea to call him that. On the other hand, neither is it a good idea to come on stage and announce to your predominantly Swiss audience that much as you like their Matterhorn you prefer the real one in Disneyland. Memo to Seal: “Seal, they’re Swiss! They don’t do irony. Don’t do the Disney joke, or you’ll get booed – again.”
The festival can be added to the list of things Zermatt does better than other ski resorts. It invigorates the end of the season, and it increasingly attracts major acts. Robbie Williams hasn’t signed up just yet, but he stayed recently in Mountain Exposure’s premier 5-star chalet The Lodge so it’s probably only a matter of time. And it’s not just about the big names. I found myself ski-stalking an attractive young Swiss chanteuse called Anna Kaenzig who was one of 14 less famous acts playing a different mountain restaurant every day.
But nothing quite eclipses meeting Frida from Abba (the dark-haired one). She now lives in Zermatt, and is one of the patrons of Zermatt Unplugged. Does she have any plans to perform at the festival herself? “I’ve never been asked”, she confided to me. “Maybe. Who knows?”
At the time of writing the line-up for 2012 hadn’t been announced, but I live in hope that when all is said and done Frida gets asked if she wants to do it.

Maybe there's been a bit of hesitance on all sides.  I don't know how it works with music festivals. I guess the headline acts are invited and the others on smaller stages/venues ask the organisers if they can perform.  Zermatt Unplugged possibly might look, to some outsiders, like an exclusive shindig for the alpine fraternity in a swanky ski resort.  But it is actually a proper festival where three quarters of the concerts are free and much of the work to set it all up is by unpaid volunteers. 

With the Matterhorn anniversary and the associated recent song, it might have been an opportunity especially as Dan Daniell has just released an album with a german version of '1865' on it.  The group that provided backing vocals on the song, 'Wintershome' actually did a gig at this years event.   Possibly they haven't asked because they think she'll say 'No' and vice versa.  It's probably more likely she just answered that question with a mischievous wink.