Henk Poort
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| Born | Hendrikus Poort 20 January 1956 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Actor, vocalist |
| Website | http://www.henkpoort.nl |
Henk Poort (born 20 January 1956) is a Dutch actor and singer, who mainly plays in operas and musicals.[1]
Biography[]
Henk Poort is a Dutch singer born in 1956. Poort's major roles include Erik (the Phantom) in the Dutch version of The Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean in the first staging of the Dutch version of Les Misérables in the late 1990s. He also sang as one of the "17 Valjeans" at Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert. His most recent role was Tevye in Anatevka.
Beyond musicals and opera, he also did the voice of Gaston on the Dutch version of Disney's animation film Beauty and the Beast.
In 2019 Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen performed Phantom of the Opera with Poort for the Dutch TV show Beste Zangers. The performance has attracted over 15 million viewers on Youtube so far (as of September 2021).[2]
References[]
- ^ "Musicalprijzen voor Henk Poort en Céline Purcell". de Gelderlander (in Dutch). 21 May 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera - Beste Zangers 2019". Retrieved 26 February 2021.
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