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Carla Henius was born on 4 May, 1919 in Mannheim, Germany, is a German opera singer (1919–2002). Discover Carla Henius's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Operatic mezzo-soprano Librettist Academic voice teacher
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 4 May, 1919
Birthday 4 May
Birthplace Mannheim, Germany
Date of death 27 December, 2002
Died Place Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1919

Carla Henius (4 May 1919 – 27 December 2002) was a German operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist.

She played a decisive role in promoting recent works by composers such as Arnold Schoenberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono for the stage.

She wrote the libretto for an opera by Aribert Reimann.

Born in Mannheim, Henius studied at the Musikhochschule Berlin with Hans Emge, Maria Ivogün and Lula Mysz-Gmeiner.

1943

She made her debut at the Staatstheater Kassel in 1943, appearing the same year in the title role of Carl Orff's Die Kluge.

1946

She was a member of the Staatstheater Darmstadt from 1946, of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern from 1949, and at the Nationaltheater Mannheim from 1951 to 1956, where she appeared in the title role in the premiere of Fred Raymond's operetta Geliebte Manuela in 1951.

1957

She was a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Hannover from 1957, appointed professor in 1962 and teaching until 1966.

She kept working as a freelance singer, with a focus on more recent composers.

1961

On 13 April 1961, she performed at La Fenice in Venice in the premiere of Luigi Nono's Intolleranza 1960.

She was the vocal soloist in a 1961 recording of Le Marteau sans maître by Pierre Boulez, with flutist Severino Gazzelloni, violist Dino Asciolla, percussionist Leonida Torrebruno, conducted by Bruno Maderna.

Henius was married to the intendant of the Opernhaus Kiel, Joachim Klaiber.

1963

He proposed from 1963, first with Peter Ronnefeld, then with Hans Zender, to devote a third of the program to contemporary opera.

1965

She appeared at the Piccola Scala in Milan in 1965 in the premiere of Giacomo Manzoni's opera Atomtod.

Her repertoire contained music from Arnold Schoenberg to Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono, and she performed in operas by Boris Blacher, Werner Egk, Gottfried von Einem and Gerhard Wimberger.

1970

Dieter Schnebel composed for her in 1970/71, Atemzüge, für mehrere Stimmorgane und Reproduktionsgeräte, which she premiered in November 1971 in Rome, with Gisela Saur-Kontarsky and William Pearson.

1977

Henius was called 1977 to the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen by the new Intendant, Claus Leininger to form and direct a musik-theater-werkstatt (Music Theatre Workshop).

When Leininger moved to the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, she followed and directed a similar institution for new operas there.

She died in Murnau am Staffelsee.

1987

In 1987, she was awarded the Kultur- und Wissenschaftspreis der Stadt Kiel.

1991

In 1991, she received the Federal Cross of Merit.

1996

In 1996, she was awarded the Kulturpreis der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.

A street in Wiesbaden is named after her.