Dorothee Mields
Dorothee Mields (born April 15, 1971 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German soprano and baroque musician.
Life
Dorothee Mields has parents of German and Bessarabian origin. She studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Bremen with Harry van der Kamp , Elke Holzmann and Gabriele Schreckenbach . She later continued her studies with Julia Hamari (1994 to 1998) and Richetta Manager (since 2006).
She dedicates her work to the music of the 17th and 18th centuries, but also performs with contemporary music. She works regularly with Ludger Rémy , Hans-Christoph Rademann , the Collegium Vocale Gent , the Bach Collegium Japan , the Nederlandse Bachvereniging , the “Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra”, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and others.
Dorothee Mields taught at the Liszt School of Music in Weimar from 2001 to 2003 . Since 2016 she has lectured at the Royal Conservatory The Hague and since 2018 at the University of the Arts Bremen. She has been married to the American composer Aaron Andrew Hunt since 2016.
Award-winning recordings
Her recording of the Gellert Oden by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (with Ludger Rémy on the fortepiano ) was awarded a “Choc” by the magazine Le Monde de la Musique .
The 2014 recording of La Couronne de Fleurs and the fragmentary work La descente d'Orphée aux enfers by Marc-Antoine Charpentier under Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs with Mields as Proserpine and Enone or Amaranthe and other soloists as well as the Boston Chamber Ensemble In February 2015, Early Music Festival received the Grammy Award for “Best Opera Production” of the previous year.
Discography (selection)
- 2009: In darkness let me dwell. Lute songs by John Dowland . With Lee Santana ( lute ), Hille Perl ( viola da gamba ) and the Sirius Viols ensemble .
- 2010: Henry Purcell : Love Songs. With the Lautten Compagney Berlin under Wolfgang Katschner
- 2012: Henry Purcell et al .: Love's Madness. Lautten Compagney Berlin under Wolfgang Katschner
With Ludger Rémy
- 2002: German chamber cantatas by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
- 2003: St. John Passion by Georg Gebel
- 2004: 30 Gellert odes (Professor Gellert's spiritual odes and songs) by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach with Ludger Rémy (fortepiano)
- 2007: Two serenades by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
- 2008: God's love is poured out and further cantatas by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
DVD
- Johann Sebastian Bach : A solid castle is our God . Cantata BWV 80. Dorothee Mields (soprano), Terry Wey (alto), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass); Choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Rudolf Lutz (conductor). Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Johannes Anderegg . Gallus Media, 2017.
Web links
- Works by and about Dorothee Mields in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dorothee Mields at SoundCloud
- Dorothee Mields on the website of Konzertdirektion Schmid
- Biography of Dorothee Mields on the site bach-cantatas.com
- Discography by Dorothee Mields at Carus-Verlag
- Dorothee Mields on the website of jpc-Schallplatten-Versandhandelsgesellschaft mbH
- Dorothee Mields in recordings for the Nederlandse Bachvereniging (completely online)
- Dorothee Mields in recordings by the JS Bach Foundation (completely online)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorothee Mields. In: Rate Your Music. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Dorothee Mields in the list of lecturers, accessed on October 10, 2016.
- ↑ A strong castle is our God. BWV 080. In: bachipedia.org. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mields, Dorothee |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blotzky-Mields, Dorothee; Dorothee Mields Hunt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soprano |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelsenkirchen |