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 directed by Ian Burton in a Muziektheater Transparant production.

Performances

• "Maria de Buenos Aires", Ástor Piazzolla, tango-operita with Rudolf Werthen, <small>Covent Garden Festival 2000, Hong Kong Arts Festival 2001, Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan 2002, L'Arsénal, Metz 2004 and L'Opéra, Avignon</small>
• "Flamma Flamma", Nicholas Lens, Contemporary Art Museum, Cologne, <small>chamber version with Frank Sheppard, Zeger Vandersteene, Gudrun Vercampt, Geert Callaert</small>
• "Je Pleure des Bananes", Arne Sierens
• "Torre de Canela", Federico García Lorca – Hans Rotman <small>with Sinfonietta Nova Arnstadt and Opera Mobile, Weimar, Düsseldorf</small>
• "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," <small>("The Puppet Designer"),</small> Nicholas Lens <small>with Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi, Paradiso, Amsterdam</small>
• "Don Giovanni", Mozart, I Fiamminghi
• "L'Inganno Felice", Rossini, <small>stage direction Harry Kümmel</small>
• "Empedocles' Turm", Cees Nooteboom, Hans Rotman <small>with Sinfonia Amsterdam, Angermuseum in Erfurt</small>
• "Des Esels Schatten", Richard Strauss, Opera Mobile
• "Terra Terra", Nicholas Lens, Hamburg <small>with The Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Claron McFadden, LaVerne Williams, Frank Sheppard, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares</small>
• "8 songs for a Mad King," Peter Maxwell Davies <small>with Transparent, Prometheus, Etienne Siebens, Ian Burton</small>

Awards

• Prize Alpaerts for Chamber Music
• Prize Emmu Luart
• Finalist Bellini-concours
• Prize Victor Ligley 1997 for contribution to contemporary work

Recordings

<small>(labels Antler, Naxos, Erato, Classic Talent, Sony BMG, Ariola Classic)</small>

• "Het Iepersch Liedboek" <small>(Songbook from Ypres)</small>
• "Musiques pour Marie-Thérèse", M.A. Charpentier
• "Orrori dell’Amore", Nicholas Lens <small>with Claron McFadden</small>
• "Manon Lescaut," Puccini
• "Torre de Canela", García Lorca
• "De Grote Verzoeking van Sint-Antonius", Louis De Meester,
• "The Accacha Chronicles", Nicholas Lens <small>with Derek Lee Ragin, Claron McFadden, Ian Honeyman, Jean-Paul Fauchécourt</small>
• 'Wilt thou be my dearie", Leopold Kozeluch <small>with Diane Andersen, pianoforte.</small>

References

Sources

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

External links

• Official website