Henriette Feith (Soprano)

Born: The Netherlands

The Dutch soprano, Henriette [Henriëtte] Feith, studied at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam with Cora Canne Meijer.

Henriette Feithis mainly active as a soloist in oratorio, Baroque and chamber music. Upon finishing her studies, she formed a duo with pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren with whom she gives regularly Lieder recitals, including for the Vrienden van het Lied (Association of Friends of the Lied). Their CD "Curiosity Killed" is dedicated to the modern American song. They performed in a series at the Small Hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Frits Philips Music Centre in Eindhoven, Vereeniging in Nijmegen and Institut Néerlandais in Paris. As a duo they received lessons with Rudolf Jansen and Graham Johnson.

In 2005 Henriette Feith sang as a soloist at the wedding of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Anita van Eijk which was broadcast live by the NOS. Her affinity with the early music is also apparent from the recitals that she gives with lutenist David van Ooijen. They have a CD released in the spring of 2012, "La Cecchina", in which a selection of songs from Il Primo Libro delle Musiche (1618) by Francesca Caccini is included. The Telegraph (October 13, 2012 ) discussed the CD under the title: "Sympathetic beauty" and also "Beautiful repertoire, performed with an equally wonderful and personal voice.. "

At the Holland Opera Henriette Feith sang in June 2012, the role of third lady in the production Dido Ile Aeneas , an adaptation of the opera by Henry Purcell. With jazz pianist Thijs Breasts, his ensemble and the Senegalese singer Mola Syla she performed in the 2012-2013 season in the series “De Uitdaging” (The Challenge). With the actor Felix Jan Kuypers and the lutenist David van Ooijen she plays and sings this season in the show “Twee werelden bewoon ik” (Two worlds I inhabited), an unsuspected connection between Francesca Caccini and Constantijn Huygens, directed by Noor Braat.

Henriette Feith sings regularly in the Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Groot Omroepkoor (Netherlands Radio Choir) and Nederlands Kamerkoor. With the latter ensemble she sang at the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. She currenly lives in Amersfoort.

Source: Henriette Feith Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2014)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Ton Koopman

Soprano

Member of Amsterdam Baroque Choir:
Cantatas Vol. 5: CD-1: BWV 207a; CD-2: BWV 206; CD-3: BWV 205; CD-4: BWV 213
Cantatas Vol. 7: CD-1: BWV 25, BWV 95, BWV 144, BWV 67, BWV 24; CD-2: BWV 136, BWV 184, BWV 105, BWV 148; CD-3: BWV 147, BWV 181, BWV 173
Cantatas Vol. 8: CD-1: BWV 65, BWV 89, BWV 60, BWV 83; CD-2: BWV 40, BWV 46, BWV 64, BWV 167; CD-3: BWV 109, BWV 81, BWV 77, BWV 90
Cantatas Vol. 12: CD-1: BWV 135, BWV 124, BWV 121, BWV 111; CD-2: BWV 99, BWV 78, BWV 114; CD-3: BWV 91, BWV 107, BWV 116, BWV 8
Cantatas Vol. 14: CD-1: BWV 68, BWV 6, BWV 74; CD-2: BWV 26, BWV 125, BWV 178; CD-3: BWV 103, BWV 42, BWV 103: Appendix, BWV 42: Appendix
Cantatas Vol. 16: CD-1: BWV 16; CD-2: BWV 79; CD-3: BWV 43, BWV 39
Cantatas Vol. 18: CD-1: BWV 157, BWV 45; CD-2: BWV 151, BWV 98; CD-3: BWV 137, BWV 164
Cantatas Vol. 20: CD-1: BWV 120a, BWV 156; CD-2: BWV 149, BWV 29; CD-3: BWV 11
Cantatas Vol., 21: CD-1: BWV 177; CD-2: BWV 140, BWV 34, BWV 143, BWV 158; CD-3: BWV 118, BWV 191
Cantatas Vol., 22: CD-1: BWV 80, BWV 30; CD-2: BWV 233, BWV 234, W.F. Bach: Gaudete omnes populi, F103; CD-3: BWV 30a
V-3 (1998): BWV 243, BWV 249

Links to other Sites

Henriette Feith - Sopraan (Official Website) [Dutch]
Henriette Feith on Facebook