Dawn Upshaw

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.