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Dorothea Wagner (Soprano)

Born: Germany

The German soprano, Dorothea Wagner, studied singing in Dresden with Professor Christiane Junghanns and completed her training with Karin Mitzscherling. Her work focuses on music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical as well as contemporary interpretations. She was scholarship holder from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). She received decisive impulses in master-classes with Dorothee Mields, Martin Erhardt and in collaboration with well-known conductors and musicians, such as Les Amis de Philippe, Wolfgang Katschner, Maurice van Lieshout, Matthias Jung, Hans-Christoph Rademann or Rüdiger Lotter.

Dorothea Wagner has developed a career both as a soloist and an ensemble singer. She regularly performs with the Sächsisches Vocalensemble (Director: Matthias Jung), Dresdner Kammerchor (Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann), Lautten Compagney Berlin (Director: Wolfgang Katschner), Wittenberger Hofkapelle, and the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig. In addition to her solo work, Dorothea Wagner has worked with AuditivVokal Dresden, Agenda St.Jakob and Schola Cantorum Nürnberg and was heard as a guest with the Ensemble Amarcord and Calmus Ensemble Leipzig. A regular collaboration connects her with Lautten Compagney Berlin, Capella Sagittariana Dresden, Vokal Modern and Freiberger Dom Music. Since 2015 she has also been an ensemble member of the Serkowitzer Volksoper.

Concert tours have taken Dorothea Wagner r to various festivals, including the Bachfest Leipzig, MDR Musiksommer, Musica Sacra Maastricht, Residenzwoche München, Festival International Echternach and the Kuressaare Chamber Music Days.


Source: Serkowitzer Volksoper Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (December 2019); Liner notes to the album "J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion" conducted by Michael Alexander Willens (Carus-Vaerlang, 2009); Photo 12: by Robert Jentzsch
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Aryeh Oron (December 2019)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

Michael Alexander Willens

Soprano

Member of Ensemble Amarcord:
[V-1] (2009): BWV 247 [as guest, Solo Track 17]

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Dorothea Wagner (Serkowitzer Volksoper) [German]
Agenda St. Jakob: Home [German]
Dorothea Wagner on Facebook


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