Gert Henning-Jensen trained at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen. He made his debut at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, in 1992 as Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He was engaged by the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, where he has sung many lyrical roles, for example in operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Richard Strauss and Beethoven; he has also taken on the lighter Wagner roles in Tannhäuser and Die Meistersinger. Abroad he has sung at the opera houses in Rome, Berlin and Trieste, appeared at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro and sung as a guest in Rome, Trieste, Liège, Brussels, Vienna, Zürich, Basle and Baden- Baden. In April 1998 he made his debut at the Metropolitan in New York as David in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, a role he also sings at Covent Garden in London.
03/01/2012 Opera
05/12/2011 American Record Guide
01/10/2011 Klassisk
30/06/2011 International Record Review
01/06/2011 David's Review Corner
02/09/2010 Opera News
02/09/2010 Opera Magazine
19/07/2010 Records International
11/06/2010 Nordjyske Stiftstidende
07/05/2010 Klassisk
15/03/1996
DVD 2.110410 (2011)
Poul Ruders' heart-rending opera from 2010 based on Lars von Trier's film "Dancer in the Dark"
DVD 2.110408 (2010)
Bo Holten's new and greatly received opera on DVD recorded live from the Royal Opera in Copenhagen
CD 8.226046 (2006)
Two new Danish masterworks inspired by Hans Christian Andersen
CD 8.226042-43 (2006)
The vibrant successor to Ruders’ world success The Handmaid’s Tale
CD 8.224149-50 (2001)
Complete recording of the charming and lively Singspiel that became one of the hits of the 1800s in Danish music
CD 8.224165-66 (2001)
Vor tids stærkeste opera – et genialt og rystende værk
CD 8.224106-07 (1999)
The beloved ballad opera with a libretto by Hans Christian Andersen. Denmark in a nutshell!
CD 8.224051 (1996)
CD 8.224036-37 (1995)