Carla Henius

Carla Henius
Carla Henius in 1976
Born	(1919-05-04)4 May 1919 Mannheim, Germany
Died	27 December 2002(2002-12-27) (aged 83) Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
Education	Musikhochschule Berlin
Occupations	Operatic mezzo-soprano Librettist Academic voice teacher
Organizations	Nationaltheater Mannheim Musikhochschule Hannover
Awards	Federal Cross of Merit

Carla Henius (4 May 1919 – 27 December 2002) was a German operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist. She played a decisive role in promoting recent works by composers such as Arnold Schoenberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luigi Nono for the stage. She wrote the libretto for an opera by Aribert Reimann.