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Soprano Tammy Hensrud, hailed by Switzerland’s Opernwelt as “...a remarkably beautiful
voice capable of many colors and nuances...a singer who is also a natural actress” has appeared
in opera houses throughout Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Japan, Israel, South Africa and the
US including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Stuttgart Opera, Theatre de Chatelet
in Paris, Klagenfurt Stadttheater, Salzburg Festival, Cleveland Opera, Opera Orchestra of New
York, New York City Opera, and the Spoleto Arts Festival under notable conductors such
as James Levine, Herbert von Karajan and Emmanuelle Villaume and others. She has been
heard in Recitals and concerts throughout the US, Canada and Europe and has recorded with
the Netherlands Radio Orchestra, Süddeutsche Rundfunk Orchestra, and Manhattan Chamber
Orchestra. Her core repertoire includes the great operatic roles of Strauss, Mozart, Rossini,
Bellini, Puccini and orchestral works of Mahler, Berlioz and Wagner. . Her acclaimed European
debut as Romeo in “I Capuletti e i Montecchi” came while still a member of the Vienna State
Opera's Young Artist Program. Invitations to opera houses in Germany, Austria and Italy soon
followed.
A most versatile artist, Ms. Hensrud has performed extensively with the American
Chamber Ensemble, New York Virtuosi, Chiari String Quartet, Ridotto Arts, Rutgers
Sommerfest, and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. In demand as an interpreter of
Kurt Weill and Cabaret, she has performed one-woman shows at the Lucille Lortel
Theater and the Players Club in NYC as well as venues throughout the USA. As a
proponent of contemporary music, Ms. Hensrud has sung world premieres both in the US
and in Europe and was recently featured as the Soprano soloist at Carnegie Hall in the
world premiere performance of Gerald Custer’s “Everything Indicates” and the world
premiere performance of “I Speak of Peace” composed by Adolphus Hailstork in honor of
President John F. Kennedy. Ms. Hensrud frequently collaborates with esteemed Lutenist
Christopher Morrongiello in programs dedicated to music of the Renaissance and Baroque
and in 2008 founded Feminine Musique, a Recital Duo dedicated to the music of Women
Composers, which has been heard throughout the United States and Europe.
Ms. Hensrud earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Cello performance and Master of
Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of North Dakota. She continued
her post-graduate studies on Voice as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in Stuttgart,
Germany, where she received the Artist Diploma in Opera. Additional studies were at
Salzburg's Mozarteum, the Franz Liszt Musik Akademie, and the L’ecole Hindemith in
Vevey, Switzerland. In addition to her singing career, Ms. Hensrud is in demand as a
Master Class teacher and adjudicator. She has served on the faculty of Hofstra University
as Adjunct Professor of Voice since 2005 and on the guest Faculty of several prestigious
Summer Vocal Young Artist programs.
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