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Henk Lauwers is a
classical
baritone singer (
lyric baritone ), born in
Ypres ,
Belgium in 1956.
[1]
As a very young
boy soprano Lauwers performed under direction of
Benjamin Britten his
War Requiem . Later he studied classical
flute but gained international fame as a classical
baritone singer. One of his most notable performances has been his live interpretation of
Eight Songs for a Mad King by
Peter Maxwell Davies in a Transparent Muziektheater production directed by Ian Burton.
Performances
"Maria de
Buenos Aires ",
Ástor Piazzolla ,
tango -operita with Rudolf Werthen,
Covent Garden Festival 2000,
Hong Kong Arts Festival 2001,
Chiang Kai-shek ,
Taiwan 2002, L'Arsénal,
Metz 2004 and L'Opéra,
Avignon
"
Flamma Flamma ",
Nicholas Lens , Contemporary Art Museum,
Cologne , chamber version with Frank Sheppard, Zeger Vandersteene, Gudrun Vercampt, Geert Callaert
"Je Pleure des Bananes", Arne Sierens
"Torre de Canela",
Federico García Lorca – Hans Rotman with
Sinfonietta Nova
Arnstadt and Opera Mobile,
Weimar ,
Düsseldorf
"Cantate aux étoiles", André Waignien
"Jonker Lichthart", Jef Van Hoof
"Weihnachtsoratorium",
Bach , I Fiamminghi
"Ulrike", Raoul Desmet
"De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester
"Welp-Urt", opera, Johan Desmet
"Ikh bin keyn eydes nit gevezn," ("
The Puppet Designer "),
Nicholas Lens with Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi,
Paradiso, Amsterdam
"
Don Giovanni ",
Mozart , I Fiamminghi
"L'Inganno Felice",
Rossini , stage direction Harry Kümmel
"Empedocles' Turm",
Cees Nooteboom , Hans Rotman with
Sinfonia Amsterdam , Angermuseum in
Erfurt
"Des Esels Schatten",
Richard Strauss ,
Opera Mobile
"
Terra Terra ",
Nicholas Lens ,
Hamburg with The
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester ,
Claron McFadden , LaVerne Williams, Frank Sheppard, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
"8 songs for a Mad King,"
Peter Maxwell Davies with Transparent, Prometheus, Etienne Siebens, Ian Burton
Awards
Prize Alpaerts for
Chamber Music
Prize Emmu Luart
Finalist Bellini-concours
Prize Victor Ligley 1997 for contribution to contemporary work
Recordings
(labels Antler,
Naxos ,
Erato , Classic Talent,
Sony BMG , Ariola Classic)
"Het Iepersch Liedboek" (Songbook from
Ypres )
"Musiques pour Marie-Thérèse", M.A.
Charpentier
"
Orrori dell’Amore ",
Nicholas Lens with
Claron McFadden
"
Manon Lescaut ,"
Puccini
[2]
"Torre de Canela",
García Lorca
"De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester,
"
The Accacha Chronicles ",
Nicholas Lens with
Derek Lee Ragin ,
Claron McFadden , Ian Honeyman, Jean-Paul Fauchécourt
'Wilt thou be my dearie",
Leopold Kozeluch with Diane Andersen,
pianoforte .
References
^ Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen
^ McCants (2003) p. 68
Sources
External links
International National Artists