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Dawn Upshaw
voc, *1960 US, Nashville
Composer of Classical
Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. The recipient of several Grammy Awards and Edison Prize-winning discs, she performs both opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary. Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her, and her artistic achievements are extensive. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
Genres
Plays With
| The Metropolitan Opera |
Popular Tracks 
Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo on Górecki: Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki, Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta & David Zinman Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile on Górecki: Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki, Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta & David Zinman Die Zauberflöte, ZWEITER AUFZUG, Nr.10 Aria & Dialog: Aria con coro: O Isis und Osiris ... (Sarastro/Priester) on 100 Best Opera Classics by Various Artists Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: III. Lento - Cantablile Semplice on Górecki: Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki, Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta & David Zinman Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Deh vieni, non tardar" on Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine Lorsque Vous N'Aurez Rien A Faire' - From "Cherubin" on The Dish by Various Artists Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: ("Sull'aria...") - "Che soave zeffiretto" on Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine L'elisir d'amore / Act I: "Bel conforto" on Donizetti: The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Se a caso Madama la notte ti chiama" on Mozart : Les Noces de Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, James Levine & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Cinque... dieci... venti..." on Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James LevineTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Passion De Simone | Kaija Saariaho - Dawn Upshaw, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Esa-Pekka Salonen | 2013 | Album |
| Winter Morning Walks | Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra | 2013 | Album |
| Grá Agus Bás | Donnacha Dennehy - Dawn Upshaw, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Crash Ensemble, Alan Pierson | 2011 | Album |
| Hommage à Jane Bathori | Dawn Upshaw, Jérôme Ducros | 2010 | Album |
| The Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs | Henryk Górecki, Dawn Upshaw, David Zinman, London Sinfonietta | 2007 | Single |
| The Rake's Progress | Igor Stravinsky / Jonathan Best, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Monte Pederson / Camerata Academica Salzburg, Wiener Staatsopernchor / Sylvain Cambreling, Brian Large | 2005 | Single |
| Voices of Light | Dawn Upshaw with Gilbert Kalish | 2004 | Album |
| Music Of Light - Music Of Messiæn, Debussy, Golijov & Fauré | Dawn Upshaw with Gilbert Kalish | 2004 | Album |
| Siegfried (2) | Richard Wagner / James Levine, Siegfried Jerusalem, James Morris, Heinz Zednik, Hildegard Behrens, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Birgitta Svendén, Dawn Upshaw, Matti Salminen | 2004 | Single |
| Siegfried (1) | Richard Wagner / James Levine, Siegfried Jerusalem, James Morris, Heinz Zednik, Hildegard Behrens, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Birgitta Svendén, Dawn Upshaw, Matti Salminen | 2004 | Single |
| Lyric Suite | Kronos Quartet With Dawn Upshaw - Alban Berg | 2003 | Album |
| Der Ring Des Nibelungen | Richard Wagner, James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Hildegard Behrens, MariAnne Häggander, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gary Lakes, Hanna Lisowska, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Anthony Raffell, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Matti Salminen, Birgitta Svendén, Dawn Upshaw, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik | 2002 | Album |
| El Niño | John Adams - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White, Kent Nagano | 2001 | Album |
| Christmas With Chanticleer | Chanticleer Featuring Special Guest Dawn Upshaw | 2001 | Album |
| Angels Hide Their Faces | Dawn Upshaw Sings Johann Sebastian Bach And Henry Purcell | 2001 | Album |
| LA Variations / Five Images After Sappho / Mania / Gambit / Giro | Esa-Pekka Salonen - Dawn Upshaw, Anssi Karttunen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta | 2001 | Album |
| Voices Of Our Time: Dawn Upshaw | Dawn Upshaw | 2000 | Album |
| Recital - Voices Of Our Time - A Contemporary Songs Selection | Dawn Upshaw | 2000 | Album |
| Sings Vernon Duke | Dawn Upshaw | 1999 | Album |
| Saint François D'Assise | Olivier Messiaen, José van Dam, Dawn Upshaw, Kent Nagano, Hallé Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Chor | 1999 | Album |
| Der Barbier Von Sevilla | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Dawn Upshaw, Cornelius Hauptmann, Roger Norrington | 1998 | Album |
| The World So Wide | Dawn Upshaw | 1998 | Album |
| Chants D'Auvergne / Chansons Bourguignonnes | Joseph Canteloube • Maurice Emmanuel -- Dawn Upshaw, Kent Nagano / Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon | 1997 | Album |
| Forgotten Songs | Dawn Upshaw Sings Claude Debussy • James Levine | 1997 | Album |
| Private Gardens | Kaija Saariaho · Camilla Hoitenga · Florent Jodelet · Anssi Karttunen · Dawn Upshaw | 1997 | Album |
| Lucio Silla | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Peter Schreier / Edita Gruberova / Cecilia Bartoli / Dawn Upshaw / Yvonne Kenny / Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1997 | Album |
| Werther | Jules Massenet - Jerry Hadley, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon, Kent Nagano | 1997 | Album |
| Songs Of The Auvergne • Chants D'Auvergne | Kent Nagano • Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon - Joseph Canteloube | 1996 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 · Chantefleurs Et Chantefables · Piano Concerto | Witold Lutoslawski - Dawn Upshaw · Paul Crossley · Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra · Esa-Pekka Salonen | 1996 | Album |
| Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers & Hart | Dawn Upshaw | 1996 | Album |
| White Moon | Dawn Upshaw | 1996 | Album |
| Oh Kay! | George Gershwin - Dawn Upshaw, Kurt Ollmann, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Eric Stern | 1995 | Album |
| Portrait | Dawn Upshaw | 1995 | Compil. |
| Long Time Ago | Aaron Copland - Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff | 1994 | Album |
| Streichquartette I-IV | Arnold Schoenberg, Arditti Quartet & Dawn Upshaw | 1994 | Album |
| I Wish It So | Dawn Upshaw | 1994 | Album |
| Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Élue • Le Martyre De Saint Sébastien (Symphonic Fragments) | Claude Debussy - Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen | 1994 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 | Gustav Mahler, Christoph von Dohnányi, Dawn Upshaw, The Cleveland Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
| Simple Daylight | John Harbison, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Gilbert Kalish, Sanford Sylvan, Dawn Upshaw | 1993 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 | Henryk Górecki - Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta, David Zinman | 1992 | Album |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Dawn Upshaw, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Hampson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Tatiana Troyanos, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine | 1991 | Album |
| American Elegies | John Adams Conducts Orchestra Of St. Luke's With Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley | 1991 | Album |
| The Girl With Orange Lips | Dawn Upshaw | 1991 | Album |
| L'elisir d'Amore | Gaetano Donizetti : Kathleen Battle · Luciano Pavarotti · Leo Nucci · Enzo Dara · Dawn Upshaw · Metropolitan Opera Chorus And The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra · James Levine | 1990 | Album |
| Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 | Dawn Upshaw | 1989 | Album |
| Gloria / Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Dawn Upshaw, Penelope Jensen, Marietta Simpson, David Gordon, William Stone | 1989 | Album |
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