American Jane Henschel quickly rose in the 1990s to the ranks of international star dramatic mezzo-sopranos.
The Los Angeles native was educated and received musical and vocal training at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. After graduating she moved to Europe to begin her singing career. She worked her way up in a traditional way, through the system of local repertory opera houses in Germany, and had contracts as members of the companies in Aachen, Wuppertal, Dortmund, and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
She made her first significant appearance in 1992 ...