Henk Lauwers

Henk Lauwers is a classical baritone singer (lyric baritone), born in Ypres, Belgium in 1956

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, Köln, chamber version with Frank Sheppard, Zeger Vandersteene, Gudrun Vercampt, Geert Callaert
• "Je Pleure des Bananes," Arne Sierens
• "Torre de Canela," Federico Garcia 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

• Price Alpaerts for Chamber Music
• Price Emmu Luart
• Finalist Bellini-concours
• Price 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
• "Torre de Canela," Garcia 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.

Sources

• Muziekcentrum Vlaanderen, Biography: Henk Lauwers (in Dutch)
• McCants, Clyde T., Opera for libraries: a guide to core works, audio and video recordings, books and serials, McFarland, 2003. ISBN 0786414421

External links

• Official website