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Henk Lauwers
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<p>Henk Lauwers is a <a href="/facts/Classical_music/oglVXmSb">classical</a> <a href="/facts/Baritone/q1KCdBuF">baritone</a> singer (<a href="/facts/Lyric_baritone/q1KCdBuF">lyric baritone</a>), born in <a href="/facts/Ypres/90pxxNU3">Ypres</a>, <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a> in 1956. </p><p>As a very young <a href="/facts/Boy_soprano/tBBDeawf">boy soprano</a> Lauwers performed under direction of <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Britten/TvXYcvqQ">Benjamin Britten</a> his <i><a href="/facts/War_Requiem/2khjWKCA">War Requiem</a></i>. Later he studied classical <a href="/facts/Flute/bByjt2vu">flute</a> but gained international fame as a classical <a href="/facts/Baritone/q1KCdBuF">baritone</a> singer. One of his most notable performances has been his live interpretation of <i><a href="/facts/Eight_Songs_for_a_Mad_King/PbYSfCHv">Eight Songs for a Mad King</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Peter_Maxwell_Davies/aDSx6Ecz">Peter Maxwell Davies</a> directed by Ian Burton in a Muziektheater Transparant production. </p>