Dorothy Dorow
British opera singer
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| Intro | British opera singer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Singer Opera singer | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Instruments: | Voice | |
| Birth | 22 August 1930 | |
| Death | 15 April 2017 (aged 86 years) | |
| Star sign | Leo |
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Biography
Dorothy Dorow (22 August 1930 - 15 April 2017) was an English operatic soprano.
She debuted in London in 1958. She has sung world-premieres of works by such composers as György Ligeti, Hans Werner Henze, Luigi Dallapiccola, Sylvano Bussotti and Luigi Nono. She is also noted for her performances of the vocal works of Igor Stravinsky. Dorow performed internationally including at the Kraków Philharmonic. After several years of living abroad (including the Netherlands) she retired in 1992 to Duloe in Cornwall.
Recordings
- 1972 Fartein Valen: Symphonic Poems & Orchestral Songs, Simax
- 1975 Dorothy Dorow & Friends: Bell, Musgrave, Maros, Werle, Nørgård, Bäck, Caprice Records (CAP 1059)
- 1977 Dorothy Dorow & More Friends: Dallapiccola, Tavener, Bedford, Lidholm, Denisov, Naumann, Caprice Records (CAP 1112)
- 1988 Franco Donatoni: Spiri; Fili; De Près; etc., EtCetera Records
- 1988 Schoenberg: Cabaret Songs; Berg: Lieder; Webern: Seven Early Songs, EtCetera Records
- 1989 Contemporary Music for Soprano and Cello, Simax
- 1995 Dorothy Dorow, Gunilla von Bahr, Lucia Negro, BIS
- Anton Webern: The Complete Vocal Chamber Works Anton Webern, Koch Schwann