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, 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
• "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.

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 0-7864-1442-1

External links

• Official website