Dorothy Dorow

Quick Facts

Intro

British opera singer

Places

United Kingdom Great Britain

was

Singer Opera singer

Work field

Music

Gender

Female

Birth

22 August 1930 People who share this birthday

Star sign

Leo People who share this birthday

Death

15 April 2017 People who died on this day

Age

86 years

Instruments:

Voice

The details (from wikipedia)

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

1972Fartein Valen: Symphonic Poems & Orchestral Songs, Simax
1975Dorothy Dorow & Friends: Bell, Musgrave, Maros, Werle, Nørgård, Bäck, Caprice Records (CAP 1059)
1977Dorothy Dorow & More Friends: Dallapiccola, Tavener, Bedford, Lidholm, Denisov, Naumann, Caprice Records (CAP 1112)
1988Franco Donatoni: Spiri; Fili; De Près; etc.,EtCetera Records
1988Schoenberg: Cabaret Songs; Berg: Lieder; Webern: Seven Early Songs, EtCetera Records
1989Contemporary Music for Soprano and Cello, Simax
1995Dorothy Dorow, Gunilla von Bahr, Lucia Negro,BIS
Anton Webern: The Complete Vocal Chamber Works Anton Webern, Koch Schwann