Biography

Henrike Legner is a German soprano based in Munich, where she studies in the vocal class of KS Prof. Christiane Iven at the University of Music and Performing Arts and previously at the Theaterakademie August Everding.

Henrike completed the first three years of her bachelor's degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, where she won the Collingwood Finalist Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary for young singers in 2016. After an Erasmus exchange, she remained in Padua, Italy, and graduated with distinction from the Conservatorio di Musica Cesare Pollini in 2019.

Since 2021, Henrike has participated in several productions at the Theaterakademie, including Handel's “Ariodante” (Ginevra), Iris ter Shiphorst's “Die Gänsemagd” (Die Kammerjungfrau), and Cavalli's “Il Giasone” (Sole and Alinde). In March 2023, she performed the role of Nerea in Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz's “Achill unter den Mädchen” with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester at the Prinzregententheater.

She also participated in masterclasses with Emma Kirkby, KS Angelika Kirchschlager, KS Brigitte Fassbaender and Joan Patenaude-Yarnel and others.

As a soloist, Henrike performs with orchestras such as the WDR Funkhausorchester, Kammerorchester Stringendo, Philharmonisches Orchester Isartal, and Niederrheinisches Kammerorchester. Her concert repertoire includes “Exsultate jubilate” (Mozart), “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” (Bach), “Johannespassion” (Bach), “Weihnachtsoratorium” (Bach), “Matthäuspassion” (Bach), “Nulla in mundo pax sincera” (Vivaldi), “Messiah” (Handel), “Gloria” (Handel), and “Die Schöpfung” (Haydn).

Henrike is also passionate about art song and for this received important inspiration from the Udo Reinemann International Masterclass for Duos at La Monnaie in Brussels. She collaborates closely with pianist Gerold Huber, and together they recently gave recitals at the Richard Strauss Institute in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Allerheiligen Hofkirche in Munich and the Herzogsburg Dingolfing.

Henrike has been generously supported by the arteMusica Foundation and the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation Munich. She has a great passion for ballet, modern dance, and jazz. She is also fluent in German, English, and Italian. Her concert concept “MetrOstinato” was selected as a finalist in the XPLORE competition for new concert formats, with the final to take place in May 2024.

In October 2024, she will record a CD of songs by Mendelssohn with Gerold Huber.