Barbara Hendricks

Barbara Hendricks ( born November 20, 1948 in Stephens, Ouachita County, Arkansas) is an African American soprano who has lived in Switzerland for many years .. Barbara Hendricks is a Swedish national. She is an opera and concert singer and actress. She is also known for its use as a human rights activist and got a 1992 Bambi as well as the 2000 Prince of Asturias Award.

Youth and musical career

Hendricks first attended the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and received at the age of twenty years of a bachelor degree in mathematics and chemistry. Then she studied with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and earned a Bachelor's degree in music.

1974 Hendricks debuted as an opera singer with appearances in Europe at the Glyndebourne Festival and in America at the San Francisco Opera. Throughout her career she has performed worldwide at the major opera houses, including at the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and La Scala in Milan. In 1998 she sang the role of Liu in the historical performance of Turandot in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Overall, Hendricks has appeared in over twenty roles, twelve of which are located in recordings before.

At the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1994, Hendricks made ​​his debut as a jazz singer. Since then she has performed at major jazz festivals worldwide.

In 2007, she was seen as an actress in the movie Disengagement by Amos Gitai. In film music, which is based on Mahler's Song of the Earth and was re-composed by Simon Stockhausen, she took over the vocal parts.

In January 2007, Hendricks presented to the public her own record label Arte Verum and brought Canciones españolas their first CD on the market.

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