ABOUT THE ARTIST

Brandon Hendrickson, baritone, is an active performer on the opera, concert and recital stage. Hendrickson’s “mellifluous,” and “beautiful baritone,” as hailed by Opera News, has been heard interpreting standard and contemporary operatic and recital repertoire on an international level. His performances on the opera stage have included Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Constantine in Pasatieri's The Seagull, Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Cascada in Lehar's The Merry Widow, Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Demetrius in Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, El Dancairo in Bizet's Carmen, John Brook in Adamo's Little Women, Albert in Massenet's Werther, Marcello and Schaunard in Puccini's La Bohème, the Jailer in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Leo in Barab’s I Can’t Stand Wagner, Father in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, and Falke in Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss. 

On the concert stage, Hendrickson’s recent credits include performances with Duke Chapel’s Bach Cantata Series , South Dakota Chorale, Piccolo Spoleto Music Festival, Great Falls Symphony Orchestra, Canterbury Choral Society, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Helena Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Sounds of South Dakota, Louisiana Sinfonietta, Southeast Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. 

An active recitalist, Hendrickson performs frequently by invitation. In addition to recital work in his home state of Iowa, he has performed recitals in South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas. His International credentials include Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.