as Laca in Jánácek's Jenufa (Sarasota Opera)
Tenor Michael Hendrick made a believable Laca, sulking and spiteful in Act I as he voices his resentment of his step-grandmother’s unloving treatment of him and cutting Jenufa’s cheek with his whittling knife after she repels his advances. Returning as a reformed human being in Act II and Act III, he shows his true character as a loyal, steadfast person ready to forgive all and marry the shamed Jenufa.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
as Edward in Patience and Sarah (Paula Kimper)
@ American Opera Projects
"Michael Hendrick as Edward White gave a noteworthy performance. The diction was superb. Every word was distinct and understandable. How often can one say that about opera performances, particularly those in English?”
Metrobeat: Opera Diary
as Tenor Soloist in Psalmus Hungaricus
@ Detroit Symphony Orchestra
"In tenor Michael Hendrick and the Choral Union of Ann Arbor's University Musical Society, Rozhdestvensky enjoyed a vocal force that matched the DSO's glistening effort in all its discipline and all its splendid color."
The Detroit News
as the Tenor Soloist in Das Lied von der Erde
@ Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (New York)
“Hendrick has a large and brilliant voice.”
The Chautauquan Daily
as Rodolfo in La bohème
@ Aspen Music Festival
"Particularly good was Michael Hendrick who sang the role of the star-crossed poet Rodolfo. Hendrick's voice was strong and in the arias where he expresses his love of Mimi, passionate."
The Aspen Times
May Night - Levko
Sarasota Opera
“Michael Hendrick brings a tender tenor to Levko’s role.”
This Month on Stage
as Levko in May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Sarasota Opera
"Accolades must go to Michael Hendrick, whose rich tenor in the role of Levko, the mayor's son, dominated the production. He was by turn silly and sensitive at the appropriate moment and was completely captivating."
The Observer Group
as Levko in May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Sarasota Opera
"Levko is a personal triumph for Hendrick. His Act III serenade, filled with soaring head tones that demonstrated his strong vocal technique, received well-deserved bravos and prolonged applause."
Venice Gondolier
as Levko in May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov)
@ Sarasota Opera
“Singers made the opera memorable - especially the powerful but lyric tenor of Michael Hendrick, surely destined for stardom."
Newhouse News Service
as Levko in May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Sarasota Opera
Michael Hendrick's tenor voice was strong and pure cream.
The Longboat Observer
Ariadne auf Naxos - Bacchus
L’Opera de Montréal
“…Bacchus (was) sung well by tenor Michael Hendrick”
The Globe and Mail (Montréal)
as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos
@ L’Opera de Montréal
“Michael Hendrick performed Bacchus with a noble bearing and a trumpet tone. There are good tenors out there after all.”
The Montréal Gazette
as Menelas in Die Ägyptische Helena
@ The Metropolitan Opera (MET debut)
"Michael Hendrick, in a debut, under the circumstances, did remarkably well."
Clive BarnesThe New York Post
as Menelas in Die Ägyptische Helena
@ The Metropolitan Opera (MET debut)
"Michael Hendrick, making his Met debut as Menelas, sang... with ringing tones and assurance."
Jerome R. SehulsterGreenwichTime.com
as the Tenor Soloist in Verdi's Inno delle nazioni "Hymn of the Nations" (Sarasota Opera)
About noon the Sarasota Opera learned that the tenor scheduled to sing that evening's concert of Verdi rarities had begged off. In another company this defection might have caused severe dismay, but Sarasota has a reserve of fine singers ready and willing. So Michael Hendrick sat down with a score of Verdi's Hymn of the Nations and, a few hours later, could perform it with clarion panache.
The Financial Times
as Spakos in Cléopâtre (Massenet)
@ Opera Manhattan
Alice Tully Hall
“The cast was well-prepared and strong-voiced, led by tenor Michael Hendrick as Spakos.”
The New York Post
Superb Singing and Playing, Questionable Production in Opera Boston's Fidelio
as Florestan in Fidelio (Opera Boston)
The cast —Christine Goerke (Leonore), Andrew Funk (Rocco), Michael Hendrick (Florestan), Meredith Hansen (Marzelline), Scott Bearden (Don Pizzaro), Jason Ferrante (Jaquino) and Robert Honeysucker (Don Fernando) — was excellent throughout, all boasting of big and beautiful instruments that they used to full effect.
Mark KrollThe Boston Musical Intelligencer
EROS ET THANTOS OU BRUGES EN ROUGE ET NOIR
as Paul in Die Tote Stadt
Opéra National de Lorraine à Nancy
EROS ET THANTOS OU BRUGES EN ROUGE ET NOIR
"Le public a salué par une salve d’applaudissements nourris le travail vocal et dramatique de Michael Hendrick dont l’émission puissante et généreuse a été un gage de vitalité du pauvre veuf mais dont le timbre quelque peu obscur a su exprimer cependant la détresse du personnage."
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English:
BRUGES' EROS AND THANATOS IN RED AND BLACK
"The public greeted by a burst of applause the vocal and dramatic work of Michael Hendrick, whose powerful and generous emission was a guarantee of the vitality of the poor widower but the somewhat dark timbre was able to however express the distress of the character."