Barbara Hendricks (born November 20, 1948) is an American operatic soprano and concert singer.

In 1974, Hendricks made her professional operatic debut in Europe at the Glyndebourne Festival and in America at the San Francisco Opera.

[5] She also recorded Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, which is the main theme for the film.

In January 2006, she left EMI, and created the new label Arte Verum for which she records exclusively.

In 2018, Hendricks sang "La Marseillaise" with the Choir of the French Army at the interment ceremony of Simone Veil in the Panthéon.

In 2015, Hendricks received the honorary degree Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.