Henrike Legner
Interview
Where do I come from?
Moers (a little town close to Düsseldorf)
Why do I sing?
When I sing, I can let myself go completely, enter into a world, where I forget everything around me. Simply, because the music is so powerful.
And what do I like apart from singing?
Sports. Running, dancing, hiking, skiing...
My own personal musical highlight?
In 2024, I had the opportunity to record a CD of songs by Felix Mendelssohn with pianist Gerold Huber.
My motto?
Stay humble, work hard, be kind.
Biography
Henrike Legner is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Konzertgesang at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich in the class of Christiane Iven. She completed her BA in London and Padua and obtained a master’s degree in Musiktheater at the Theaterakademie August Everding, where she appeared in productions of Handel’s Ariodante, ter Schiphorst’s Die Gänsemagd and Cavalli’s Il Giasone. 2025 she sang Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel at the HMTM under Markus Bosch. In addition to her studies she is working with Brigitte Fassbaender. As a soloist, she has performed with the WDR Funkhausorchester and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Henrike has performed lieder recitals with James Cheung (London, Elmau among others). In October 2025, her debut CD was released, featuring songs by Mendelssohn Bartholdy in collaboration with Gerold Huber, with whom she performs regularly. In 2024 her concert concept MetrOstinato was awarded at the XPLORE competition for new concert formats.
Media
Raste Krieger, Krieg ist aus, MWV K 3
Henrike Legner (Sopran) & Gerold Huber (piano)
„Oh! Had I Jubal’s Lyre“ by Georg Friedrich Händel
Henrike Legner (soprano) & Hiroko Utsumi (piano)