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Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary. Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[1]

Dawn Upshaw

(1960-07-17) July 17, 1960
Nashville, Tennessee

Classical

Vocals

1984–present

Personal life[edit]

Upshaw is a divorced mother of two. She lives near New York City.[6] She was diagnosed with and treated for early-stage breast cancer in 2006.[7]

(Music of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)

Knoxville: Summer of 1915

1989 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist


1991 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist


2003 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance


2006 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording


2007 MacArthur Fellowship[1]


2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Soloist

1990: : Te deum H.146, Magnificat H.74, Kurt Moll, bass, John Aler, tenor, Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Ethna Robinson, contralto, Ann Muray, soprano and contralto, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner. CD EMI classics, 1991

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

1991: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, conducted by James Levine, Deutsche Grammophon, 435 488-2

1992: , conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, RCA Victor Red Seal CD, 09026-60593-2

Jules Massenet: Chérubin

1992: : Symphony No. 3, Nonesuch/Elektra Records CD, 79282

Henryk Górecki

2005: (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09

James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala

2005: , Deutsche Grammophon CD, 00289 477 5414

Ayre (Golijov)

Colbert Artists Management, Inc.

Biography

Dawn Upshaw (February 1, 2002). . NewMusicBox (Interview). Interviewed by Frank J. Oteri (published January 3, 2002).

"A Cup of Tea with Dawn Upshaw"

by Bruce Duffie, April 25, 1991

Interview with Dawn Upshaw

Cornell University Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-Large biography