Dorothy Dorow (22 August 1930 – 15 April 2017) was an English soprano, mostly active in the contemporary vocal music field.
Dorow debuted in her birthplace 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. Dorow was also particularly noted for her performances of the vocal works of the Second Viennese School, and of Igor Stravinsky.[1][2][3][4] She performed internationally including at the Kraków Philharmonic.[5] She won the Edison Award in 1987 with Rudolf Jansen (piano).[6] After several years of living abroad (including the Netherlands) she retired in 1992 to Duloe, Cornwall,[6] where she also died.