Actor

Barbara Hendricks

November 20, 1948 · Stephens, Arkansas, USA

Barbara Hendricks (born November 20, 1948) is an American operatic soprano and concert singer. Hendricks has lived in Europe since 1977, and in Switzerland in Basel since 1985. She is a citizen of Sweden following her marriage to a Swedish citizen.

Hendricks was born in Stephens, Arkansas. Growing up, she sang and took voice lessons and was often asked to sing solos. She graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and chemistry at the age of 20. She attended the Aspen Music Festival and School and then attended Juilliard School of Music in New York, where she studied with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel and participated in master classes led by soprano Maria Callas. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in music.

Often works with

Francis Egerton
2 titles together
The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988, Falstaff

Full filmography · 7

Soleils
as The Long Road to Freedom (voice)
2014
Disengagement
as Barbara
2007
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
as Anne Truelove
1995
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Antonia
1993
La Bohème
as Mimi
1988
The Tales of Hoffmann - Teatro Regio di Parma, 1988
as Antonia
1988
Falstaff
as Nannetta
1982