Henriette Schein

Ensemble: (Current) Theater Regensburg, (Former) Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

Freelancer: Theater Hof, Schönebeck Operetta Summer, Theater Osnabrück, Oper Leipzig

Henriette Schein, born in Saxony-Anhalt, completed her vocal training in Germany. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in 2021 at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig, where she studied under Prof. Ilse-Christine Otto. From 2021 to 2023, she undertook a Master’s degree in opera at the University of Music Karlsruhe, studying with Prof. Christiane Libor and Prof. Stephan Klemm. During this time, she also received additional instruction from Dorothea Röschmann. Prior to her academic studies, Ms. Schein completed a preparatory program at the Georg Philipp Telemann Conservatory in Magdeburg.

In the 2024/25 season, Ms. Schein joins the ensemble of Theater Regensburg, where she will perform Echo/Rose in Der kleine Prinz by Pierangelo Valtinoni and Flamma in Offenbach’s Die Reise zum Mond, with further appearances planned in Madame Butterfly and Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.

She was a member of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe from 2023 to 2024, where her roles included Isotta in Strauss’s Die schweigsame Frau, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, a shepherd in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, a sheep in Sidney Kassies’ Schaf, and a flower maiden in Zemlinsky’s Der Kreidekreis. She also returned to the role of Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at Theater Hof. In the 2022/23 season, she performed Papagena and Taumännchen in Hänsel und Greteland appeared again in Salome at the Baden State Theater. She also sang Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel at the Wolfgang Rihm Forum in Karlsruhe and made her debut at the 25th Schönebeck Operetta Summer as Anna in Das Feuerwerk under Jan Michael Horstmann.

Earlier appearances include Lisa in Gräfin Mariza and a slave in Salome (2021–2022) at the Badisches Staatstheater, as well as Lisa in a guest performance of Gräfin Mariza at Theater Osnabrück. Additional roles during her training included the 1st Boy in Die Zauberflöte at Oper Leipzig, the Princess in Cui’s Der gestiefelte Kater, and Kornett von Richthofen in Millöcker’s Der Bettelstudent.

Ms. Schein was a finalist in the junior category of the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin in 2020.