The fantastic Barbara Hendricks at the ABBA tribute concert in 2002. Barbara Hendricks is an American-born operatic soprano and concert singer. She is also known for her work as a human rights activist. Hendricks is currently a citizen of Sweden. In 1974, Hendricks made her professional operatic debut in Europe at the Glyndebourne Festival and in America at the San Francisco Opera. During her career, she has appeared at all major opera houses throughout the world, including the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and La Scala. In 1998 she sang Liu in the historical performance of Turandot at the Forbidden City in Beijing. Hendricks has performed more than twenty roles, twelve of which she has recorded. Hendricks has also appeared in film as Mimi in La Bohème, and in 1994 she participated in an international prize-winning film production of The Rake’s Progress singing Anne Truelove. Hendricks also performs jazz music and made her jazz debut at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1994. Since that time, she has performed at major jazz festivals around the world. Hendricks is also known for her love of chamber music and has organized a number of chamber music festivals. In 2004, at the Chatelet opera of Paris, she performed the role of the angel in Peter Eötvös opera: Angels in America, after the play of Tony Kushner. In January 2006, she left EMI, and created the new label Arte Verum for which she would record exclusively. Hendricks has …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Powerful father-quadriplegic son relationship and struggle for the impossible paves their way to overcome exclusion and become legends as they celebrate the meaning and legacy of the oldest running marathon. Multiple winner for Best Documentary – Thunderbird International Film Festival, Tambakos Film Festival, Silver Medal, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival among others. Screened at the Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences.