Dietrich Henschel

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Dietrich Henschel (born May 22, 1967 in Berlin ) is a German opera singer ( baritone ).

Life

Henschel grew up in Nuremberg, where he attended high school and studied piano and conducting at the conservatory. He received his vocal training at the Munich Music Academy . He made his stage debut in 1990 at the Munich Biennale .

After guest appearances at various opera houses and music festivals such as the Schubertiaden in Vienna and Feldkirch, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Beethovenfest Bonn , he was a member of the ensemble at the Kiel Opera House from 1993 to 1995 . Under Artistic Director Peter Dannenberg and General Music Director Klauspeter Seibel he performed roles from operas by Mozart , Monteverdi and Gluck .

After engagements in Bonn and Stuttgart, Henschel's international career began in 1997 when he took over the title role in Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (director: Götz Friedrich ) and Busoni's Doctor Faust at the Opéra National de Lyon under Kent Nagano .

This was followed by engagements at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Opera de Genève , the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , the Cologne Opera , the Zurich Opera House and the Komische Oper in Berlin.

In addition, Henschel also made a name for himself as a song interpreter. The focus of his repertoire was on works by Ludwig van Beethoven , Franz Schubert , Hugo Wolf , Gustav Mahler and Erich Wolfgang Korngold . His partners were the pianists Irwin Gage , Fritz Schwinghammer , Helmut Deutsch , Leonard Hokanson and Shinya Okahara , with whom he has been touring Japan regularly since 1996.

In addition to the song recordings, Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under René Jacobs , Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Concentus Musicus Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the recording of Busoni's Doctor Faust , which was awarded a Grammy for the best opera recording in 2001, should be mentioned in his discography .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Le Chant du Cygne de Dietrich Henschel

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SURNAME Henschel, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin