Jane Henschel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jane Henschel

singer

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1952

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: singer, opera singer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jane Henschel

  • Jane Henschel (born 2 March 1952) is an American operatic mezzo soprano.
  • Henschel, who was born in Wisconsin, studied at the University of Southern California, and then pursued further studies in Germany, where she has made her home.
  • Her numerous opera appearances include Baba the Turk in Igor Stravinsky's The Rake’s Progress with Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, and the Salzburg festival; Brangäne in Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde with Paris OpĂ©ra and the Los Angeles Opera; the Principessa in Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica with conductor Riccardo Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Blanche de la Force in Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des CarmĂ©lites in Amsterdam; Kostelnicka Buryjovka in Leoš Janácek’s Jenufa under Seiji Ozawa in Japan; and the Kabanicka in Janácek’s Katya Kabanova at the Salzburg Festival among others. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of The Nurse in Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten which she has sung in Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Tokyo and at the Metropolitan Opera.
  • Not a stranger to the concert repertoire, Henschel has sung with numerous orchestras throughout the world, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the New York Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra to name just a few.Henschel can be heard on more than a dozen recordings, including Isaac AlbĂ©niz’s Merlin with Plácido Domingo, which won a 2001 Grammy Award, and Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, which won a 2008 Grammy Award.

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