Dorothee Mields – born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on April 15, 1971 – is a soprano concert singer who specializes in baroque and contemporary music. She attended the University of Arts in Bremen and studied under Gabriele Schreckenbach, Elke Holzmann, and Harry van der Kamp before continuing her post-graduation studies with Julia Hamari. She recorded several Bach cantatas with Philippe Herreweghe's Collegium Vocale Gent ensemble and, in 2001, she recorded Joseph Schuster’s opera Demofoonte. Dorothee Mields has collaborated on recordings with harpsichordist Ludger Rémy, tenor Jan Lobow, and gambist Hille Perl. During her career, she has performed cantatas by Bach, Schütz, and Stölzel as well as numerous vocal works by Händel, Purcell, and Dowland. While known for her dedication to early music – including appearances at many festivals – she has also added contemporary music to her repertoire including works by J. M. Staud, Beat Furrer, Gérard Grisey, and Harald Weiss. Dorothee Mields released the album E.T.A. Hoffman: Chamber Music in 2003, which was followed by Telemann: Perpetuum Mobile (2004) and C.P.E. Bach: Geistliche Oden und Lieder, Wq. 194,H. 686 (2004), which won the Choc prize from the magazine Le Monde de la musique. Her discography also includes Purcell: Love Songs (2010), Love Alchymie (2010), Purcell: Love's Madness (2012), Sacred Arias (2012), Birds with flautist Stefan Temmingh (2015), Händel (2017), Monteverdi: La Dolce Vita (2017), Graupner: Lass Mein Herz – Cantatas & Ouvertures (2018), and Pastorale (2022). Outside of her performing and recording schedule, she has also taught at the Hochschule für Music ‘Franz Liszt’, Weimar.
