Dorothee Mields - NOSPR

Dorothee Mields is one of the leading interpreters of 17th and 18th century music and is particularly loved by audiences and the press for her unique timbre and her moving interpretations.

The soprano also works regularly with L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, the RIAS Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Toronto, The English Concert, Klangforum Wien and the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, as well as with conductors such as Michi Gaigg, Paul Goodwin, Philippe Herreweghe, Emilio Pomàrico, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Andreas Spering, Masaaki Suzuki and Jos van Veldhoven.

She is a welcome guest at international festivals such as the Boston Early Music Festival, Festival van Vlaanderen, Wiener Festwochen, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Musikfestspiele Potsdam, Styriarte Graz, Niedersächsische Musiktage, Musikfest Bremen, Mainzer Musiksommer, Thüringer Bachwochen and Mosel Musikfest.

An important area of her artistic work is chamber music projects, of which "Duft und Wahnsinn" with Hille Perl and Lee Santana, "Birds" and "Inspired by Song" with Stefan Temmingh and Boccherini's "Stabat mater" with the Salagon Quartet are particularly successful. She also works with the Hamburger Ratsmusik, the Boreas Quartet, Lee Santana, Wiebke Weidanz and Lucius Rühl in recitals and song recitals. With the G.A.P Ensemble she juxtaposes works by J. S. Bach and D. Shostakovich.

Dorothee Mields gives masterclasses at the Bachwoche Stuttgart and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto, among others.

A steadily growing discography with numerous award-winning recordings documents her artistic work. Inspired by Song" and "Birds" with Stefan Temmingh, "Handel" with Hille Perl, "War & Peace" and Monteverdi's "La dolce vita" with the Lautten Compagney Berlin and Wolfgang Katschner (all dhm), as well as Bach's "Cantatas for Solo Soprano" with L'Orfeo Barockorchester and Boccherini's "Stabat Mater" with the Salagon Quartet (both Carus) have attracted particular attention. The recording "Handel's Tea Time" with the Freitagsakademie Bern was nominated for the OPUS Klassik 2021.

Dorothee Mields worked extensively with Ludger Rémy, who died in 2017, and recorded works with him by composers known only to connoisseurs, including Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Georg Gebel and Heinrich Stölzel. Her 2014 recording of Charpentier's "La Descente d'Orphee aux enfers" was honoured with a Grammy Award in 2015.