Barbara Hendricks (born November 20, 1948) is an African-American operatic soprano and concert singer. Hendricks has lived in Europe since 1977, and in Switzerland in Basel since 1985. She is also a citizen of Sweden by marriage.
The biggest threat to refugees is lack of understanding. When I started working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees some 24 years ago, I gave myself the task of trying to peel away the ignorance and change the way people think about refugees. Take this country, Sweden, as an example. When refugees arrive in a new neighborhood, there is no one there to help the people who live there understand who the refugees are, where they come from, to get people to meet. And not enough is done to prepare the refugees for a life of dignity in a new country. (March, 2011)
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Honorary Goodwill Ambassador for Life of the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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Chairperson for the 'United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Fundraising Foundation' in Sweden.
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Graduate of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL) and New York's Juilliard School of Music.
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She sang the French national anthem during the official ceremony of the 200th anniversary of the French National Day in 1989.
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999
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Swedish citizen
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Opera singer.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Soleils
2014
Le long chemin vers la liberté (voice)
Disengagement
2007
Barbara
Angels in America
2004
TV Movie
L'Ange / La Voix
Rucklarens väg
1995
TV Movie
Anne Truelove
Some Tales of Hoffmann
1993
TV Movie
Antonia
Värmland Classic Festival
1991
TV Series
Soprano
La Bohème
1988
Mimì
Red Desert Penitentiary
1985
Falstaff
1982
TV Movie
Nanetta
Romeo et Juliette
1982
TV Movie
Juliette
Les noces de Figaro
1980/I
TV Movie
Suzanne
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Per un futur sense Alzheimer
2013
TV Special performer: "El cant dels ocells", "Summertime", "Havanera de Carmen", "Medley with Ulf", "Himne a l'alegria", "Mediterráneo"
Joulukuusivarkaat
2009
TV Movie performer: "Adeste Fidelis"
Independent Lens
2005
TV Series documentary 1 episode
William Eggleston in the Real World
2005
Documentary performer: "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray"
$5 Million
