Dietrich
Henschel Baritone

The baritone Dietrich Henschel is known as a regular guest at major opera houses, as an esteemed interpreter of songs and oratorios and as the protagonist of a variety of multimedia projects. His repertoire ranges from Monteverdi to the avant-garde. Henschel began his international career in a co-production of the Opéra de Lyon and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in the title role of Busoni's ‹Doktor Faust›, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The singer's important roles include Rossini's Figaro, Wolfram in Wagner's ‹Tannhäuser›, Monteverdi's Ulisse and Orfeo, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Alban Berg's Wozzeck and Dr Schön in ‹Lulu›, Golaud in Debussy's ‹Pelléas et Mélisande› and Nick Shadow in Stravinsky's ‹The Rake’s Progress›. Contemporary opera also plays an important role in Henschel's repertoire; many great composers such as Peter Eötvös, Detlev Glanert, Manfred Trojahn, Peter Ruzicka and Chaya Czernowin have entrusted him with roles in the world premieres of their works. In the field of vocal symphonic music, Henschel regularly works with conductors such as Sylvain Cambreling, Kazushi Ono, Cornelius Meister and Vladimir Jurowski. Recordings with John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sir Colin Davis document his passion for the oratorio. At Theater Basel, Dietrich Henschel can be heard for the first time in Thom Luz's opera pastiche ‹Don Quijote›.