Scott Hendricks, born in San Antonio, Texas, is among the most versatile of baritones. For three seasons he was principal soloist at Cologne Opera before his international career took off. Since then he has appeared in roles like Rigoletto, Germont, Eugene Onegin and Posa at such illustrious venues as San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, the Klangbogen Festival in Vienna, Welsh National Opera and the Vlaamse Opera House, where he sang the title role in Battistelli's Richard III. Scott Hendricks has also been seen at the Bregenz Festival in the role of Conte di Luna (Il Trovatore) and Scarpia (Tosca). In recent seasons he has made his debut at Washington Opera as Sharpless in Sophie’s Choice conducted by Plàcido Domingo, at the Opéra National de Lille as Germont, and at the Nederlandse Opera in Die Gezeichneten. In the 2007/08 season he sang the roles of Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades at the Saito Kinen Festival with Seiji Ozawa, Posa in Don Carlos with the Canadian Opera Company, the Traveller in Death in Venice at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Silvio in Pagliacci at the San Diego Opera and in a performance of Mark Grey's A Navajo Oratorio with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. In 2009 Scott Hendricks made his debut at the Opéra National de Paris as Scarpia in Tosca, immediately before appearing at the Bregenz Festival in the title role of King Roger. Engagements scheduled for the future include the lead role in Macbeth, Jochanaan in Salome and Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore, all at La Monnaie in Brussels. He will make his debut at the Bavarian State Opera as Scarpia in Tosca and return to the Bregenz Festival once again in 2011 as Carlo Gérard in Giordano's Andrea Chénier.