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Texan Scott Hendricks has emerged as one of today's most compelling and versatile baritones. From Monteverdi to Schreker, Mozart to Debussy and Puccini to modern-day composers, Hendricks has always maintained a diverse operatic diary and is now estblishing himself as an important artist in the operas of Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner.

Engagements in the 2016-17 season include the title role of Verdi's *Macbeth* (La Monnaie, Brussels), a return to the Royal Opera House for Sharpless *Madama Butterfly*, the title role of *Nabucco* (Stuttgart Opera), Forester *The Cunning Little Vixen* (Cologne Opera), the title role of *Nixon in China* (Houston Grand Opera), and Escamillo *Carmen* (Bregenz Festival).

Engagements in the 2015-16 season included the title role of *Eugene Onegin* (Houston Grand Opera), Scarpia *Tosca* (New Orleans Opera), and role debuts as Hamlet III *Die Hamletmaschine* (Zürich Opera) and the title role of *Sweeney Todd* (La Monnaie, Brussels).

An esteemed interpreter of both Puccini and Verdi, Hendricks' roles include Sharpless *Madama Butterfly* (for his Metropolitan Opera debut, for Houston Grand Opera, and Washinton national Opera with Plàcido Domingo); Scarpia *Tosca* (Royal Opera House debut, Opéra National de Paris, Washington National Opera and Bayerische Staatsoper); Jack Rance *La fanciulla del West* (Opernhause Zürich); Michele *Il tabarro* and the title role of *Gianni Schicchi* (in a new production of *il trittico* at Opera Köln); Renato *Un ballo in maschera* (La Monnaie); Conte di Luna *Il trovatore* (Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg and La Monnaie); the title role of *Macbeth* (Dutch National Opera at La Monnaie, receiving Opernwelt's production of the year award); Amonasro *Aida* (Houston Grand Opera and Canadian Opera Company); Germont *La traviata* (La Monnaie in a new production by Andrea Breth), the title role of *Rigoletto* (Houston Grand Opera); Iago *Otello* (Canadian Opera Company, New Zealand Opera); and Posa *Don Carlos* (Houston Grand Opera and Opera der Stadt Köln).

Other recent engagements include Forster *The Cunning Little Vixen* (Opéra National du Rhin); Enrico *Lucia di Lammermoor* (Houston Grand Opera); Joachanaan *Salome* (La Monnaie, Brussels); the title role of *Król Roger* (Gran Teatre de Liceu and Opéra National de Paris); the Traveller *Death in Venice* (Teatro La Fenice and Grand Teatre de Liceu); Tamara *Die Gezeichneten* (De Nederlandse Opera); critically acclaimed performances of both Roderick *The Fall of the House of Ush* and Carlo Gérard *Andrea Chénier* (Bregenz Festival); and an internationally critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role in the world première of Giorgio Battistelli's *Richard III* with De Vlaamse Opera, under the direction of Robert Carsen.
