Barbara Hendricks, one of the greatest sopranos of the international scene, The hero of the penultimate evening of the 2022/2023 season Alicante Concert EnsembleTuesday, May 9 at 20:00, at the Alicante Main Theatre.. Accompanied by pianist Roland Pöntinen, the diva will present a program featuring Bach, Monteverdi, Purcell, Kapsberger and Ravel.
Winner of the Prince of Asturias Art Award in 2000, the artist sang in the world’s most important opera houses: paris operainside New York Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House London And Milan scale; He has worked with directors such as Herbert von Karajan and Neville Marriner.
In 1998 he played the role of Liù in a historical performance of the Turandot opera in Beijing’s Forbidden City. Hendricks has played more than twenty roles and has recorded at least twelve roles.. He attended the Nobel Prize ceremony in 2001 and presented the award to Kofi Annan. She attended the East Timor Independence Day Ceremony in May 2002.
In addition to his opera career, Hendricks has worked extensively for refugees and supports the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).. Thus, he was named honorary lifetime ambassador of the said organization. In 1998, she founded the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation to facilitate reconciliation in places of conflict. Since 2000 she has been a board member of the Refugee Education Foundation, an organization dedicated to the after-school education of young refugees around the world.