Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw

Known for

Acting

Born

July 17, 1960 (age 66)

Birthplace

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Biography

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.

Dawn Upshaw was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She began singing while attending Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois and was the only female ever promoted to the top choir (the Singing Rockets) as a sophomore, according to choir director Dougla...

Best known work

The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005
Tetro
Tetro
2009
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
1990
Siegfried
Siegfried
1990
Theodora
Theodora
1996
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
1988
Letter to Peter
Letter to Peter
1992
Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra
1984
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
2004
John Adams: El Niño
John Adams: El Niño
2000

Filmography

  1. 2009

    Tetro

    Vocals

  2. 2005

  3. 2004

  4. 2000

  5. 1996

    Theodora

    as Theodora

  6. 1996

    The Rake’s Progress

    as Anne Truelove

  7. 1992

  8. 1992

    Letter to Peter

    as Self - Soprano

  9. 1990

    Don Giovanni

    as Zerlina

  10. 1990

    Siegfried

    as Waldvogel

  11. 1988

  12. 1987

    Le monde est à vousTV

    as Self (2 episodes)

  13. 1984

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