Editing Barbara Hendricks (section)

==Musical career==
[[File:Barbara Henricks (Flickr).jpg|left|thumb|Hendricks at [[The Hague Jazz]] 2008]]
In 1974, Hendricks made her professional operatic debut in Europe at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Festival]] and in America at the [[San Francisco Opera]]. During her career, she has appeared at major [[opera house]]s throughout the world, including the [[Paris Opera|Opéra National de Paris]], the [[Metropolitan Opera]], the [[Royal Opera House]], Covent Garden, and [[La Scala]]. In 1998 she sang Liù in the [[Turandot at the Forbidden City|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 appeared on film as Mimì in ''[[La Bohème (1988 film)|La bohème]]'',<ref>{{IMDb title|0094777|La bohème|(1988)}}</ref> and in 1995 she sang the role of Anne Truelove in the Swedish film ''Rucklarens väg'', an adaptation of [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s opera ''[[The Rake's Progress]]''.<ref>{{IMDb title|0178008|Rucklarens väg}}</ref> In 2007, she appeared in the film ''[[Disengagement (film)|Disengagement]]'' by [[Amos Gitai]] and starring [[Juliette Binoche]].<ref>{{IMDb title|0871512|Disengagement}}</ref> She also recorded [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler's]] ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'', which is the main theme for the film.

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 [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris, she created the role of Angel in the world premiere of [[Péter Eötvös]]'s opera ''Angels in America'', after [[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|the play]] by [[Tony Kushner]].

In January 2006, she left [[EMI]], and created the new label Arte Verum for which she records exclusively.

In 2018, Hendricks sang "[[La Marseillaise]]" with the [[Choir of the French Army]] at the interment ceremony of [[Simone Veil]] in the [[Panthéon]].