Dietrich Henschel (born 1967) is a German

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Life and career

Born in Berlin, Henschel grew up in

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where he attended high school and studied piano and conducting. He studied voice at the and made his stage debut at the 1990 Munich Biennale in

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's '' Le Précepteur''. He made guest appearances in several opera houses and music festivals such as the Schubertiade in Vienna and

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, the and the Beethovenfest of Bonn. After this, from 1993 to 1995 he was an ensemble member of the

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. Under director

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and musical director , he performed in many operas by Mozart, Monteverdi and Gluck. After working in Bonn and Stuttgart, in 1997, Henschel's international career began when he took on the title role in Henze's ' at the under Götz Friedrich and Busoni's ' with the

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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 Zürich Opera House and the in Berlin. In addition, Henschel has also made a name as a song interpreter. The focus of his repertoire has been the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, along with

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and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He has performed with

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, Fritz Schwinghammer,

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and Shinya Okahara: since 1996 he has regularly toured Japan with Okahara. He has made numerous recordings on CD, including with the

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under René Jacobs, Bach's ''

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'' with the Concentus Musicus Wien, under

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, and the recording of Busoni's ''Doktor Faust'', which in 2001 won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.

References

External links

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Wunderhorn: entretien avec Dietrich Henschel, baryton
(in French) interview on classicagenda.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Henschel, Dietrich 1967 births Living people German operatic baritones Singers from Berlin