Zürich Opera House
After working in Bonn and Stuttgart, in 1997, Henschel's international career began when he took on the title role in Henze's ' at the under Götz Friedrich and Busoni's ' with the Opéra National de Lyon under Kent Nagano. This was followed by engagements at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Opera de Genève, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Cologne Opera, the Zürich Opera House and the in Berlin.