Jan-Hendrik Rootering was born near Flensburg, a son of the Dutch tenor Hendrikus Rootering who became his teacher and mentor. During his studies in Hamburg he was already singing small parts at theatres including the Hamburg State Opera and the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen. In 1982 he made his début at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in the rôle of the Spirit Messenger in Die Frau ohne Schatten. Since then he has sung all the major bass rôles in Munich, including the important Wagner parts, Pogner, Fasolt, Gurnemanz, Landgraf, Hans Sachs, and Daland, the Mozart rôles of Sarastro and the Commendatore, as well as Fiesco in Simone Boccanegra, and Banquo in Macbeth in the Italian repertoire. In 1990 he sang Baron...

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STRAVINSKY, I.: Oedipus Rex (Kerstmatinee 2001)
STRAVINSKY, I.: Oedipus Rex (Kerstmatinee 2001)
Composer: Stravinsky, Igor
Artists: Chailly, Riccardo -- Leysen, Johan -- Meier, Waltraud -- Netherlands Radio Choir -- Reijans, Marcel -- Rootering, Jan-Hendrick -- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra -- Smith, Robert Dean -- Uusitalo, Juha
Label/Producer: C Major
WAGNER, R.: Parsifal (La Monnaie - De Munt, 2011)
WAGNER, R.: Parsifal (La Monnaie - De Munt, 2011)
Composer: Wagner, Richard
Artists: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Chorus -- Choraline, La -- Haenchen, Hartmut -- Halem, Victor van -- Larsson, Anna -- Mayer, Thomas Johannes -- Monnaie Symphony Orchestra -- Richards, Andrew -- Rootering, Jan-Hendrick -- Tomasson, Tomas
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques
WAGNER, R.: Walkure (Die) (Staatsoper Stuttgart, 2003)
WAGNER, R.: Walkure (Die) (Staatsoper Stuttgart, 2003)
Composer: Wagner, Richard
Artists: Behle, Renate -- Denoke, Angela -- Diefenthal, Margit -- Gambill, Robert -- Goetjes, Wiebke -- Jun, Attila -- Kleindienst, Stella -- Palacios, Nidia -- Ranada, Helene -- Rootering, Jan-Hendrick -- Schafer, Magdalena -- Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra -- Ullrich, Maria Theresa -- Vaughn, Tichina -- Westbroek, Eva-Maria -- Zagrosek, Lothar
Label/Producer: EuroArts