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. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Dawn Upshaw is known for her role in the film Manchester by the Sea (2016) as vocals: soprano - uncredited.
She is also known for her role in the film La grande bellezza (2013) as performer: "Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Of Sorrowful Song': III. Lento - Cantabile Semplice".
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