Dawn Upshaw
American soprano · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1960 · age 66
Dawn Upshaw 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.
Dawn Upshaw is read about 44 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 June 2026
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Close ties
Kaija Saariaho Colleague, wrote L'Amour de loin (2000)
Peter Sellars Directed Theodora and John Adams: El Niño
Jerry Hadley Also in Don Giovanni (1990)
Brian Large Directed Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera (1988)
Christopher Nolan Produced The Prestige (2007)
Emma Thomas Produced The Prestige (2006)
Samuel Ramey Also in Don Giovanni (1990)
Caroline Shaw Duets: Narrow Sea (2021)- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Also in Theodora and John Adams: El Niño
Aaron Ryder Produced The Prestige (2007)
Gilbert Kalish Duets: Narrow Sea (2021)
Awards
About this person
Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Bruce, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2006, she founded the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College Conservatory in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, serving as artistic director until 2019. She currently serves as head of the Vocal Arts Program at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts.
