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...Was it the impassioned singing of Dawn Upshaw and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson that made such an impact? Or did Peter Sellars’ much-derided staging exert a stronger force than it seemed at the time?...
...Dawn Upshaw and Peter Sellars, the American soprano and director who have worked together on many new music projects, ventured a staged version at the Barbican in 2010, and now, here is another attempt at...
...One of those returning to his tent is Ray Upshaw, wearing shorts, a hat and his trademark bushy beard. Upshaw has the not-particularly-poetic Tough Mudder pledge writ large and permanent on his back....
...California-born Jessica Rivera epitomises the younger, post-Upshaw generation of American soprano, as much at home in Golijov, Salonen and Adams as she is in the conventional song literature and uncommonly...
...Soprano Dawn Upshaw reprised her original assignment to inspired ends, joined by mezzo soprano Michelle DeYoung, baritone Jonathan Lemalu and a host of choristers....
...His answer is to portray the soprano, here Dawn Upshaw, his most trusty collaborator, as an everyday housewife, washing the dishes, cleaning the floor, ironing the clothes....
...without a traditional music director and rely on “artistic partners” – both conductors (among them, Douglas Boyd, Roberto Abbado, Nicholas McGegan) and soloists (pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, soprano Dawn Upshaw...
...Dawn Upshaw and Geoff Nutall enacted the bad-boy director’s simplistic manoeuvres with conscientious bravado. They performed brilliantly....
...Ever discerning and sadly absent from the Metropolitan Opera for the past five years, Upshaw dominated the central portion....
...Baritone Quinn Kelsey’s traversal of Sam’s “rage” aria, Dawn Upshaw’s luminous rendering of Dede’s “garden scene” and the conductor’s dauntless advocacy made an eloquent case....
...Lesser known than many of Krenek’s other works, which include Karl V (also being performed at Bregenz) and Jonny spielt auf, this operetta is set during Vienna’s tumultuous inter-war years....
...As with recent works by Adams and Saariaho, the soprano Dawn Upshaw was a source of inspiration. She was on hand with Kelley O’Connor and Jessica Rivera as the three main solo voices....
...I have long used Dawn Upshaw’s recording of Marc Blitzstein’s ardently melancholy song “I Wish It So” not as a cure for the rainy-day blues but as a confirmation that it’s all right to have them....
...Soprano Dawn Upshaw, who is invariably heard at her best in new works, sang with a radiance that lifted the spirit, and the combined forces of London Voices and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra...
...This outdoor concert performance, acted with extraordinary intensity by Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rovera and Kelley O’Connor, revealed it as a secular passion....
...They sat low for Upshaw, who sang them with feral verve....
...At Ojai it put the better known, blatantly populist Ayre in the shade, despite Dawn Upshaw’s virtuoso advocacy....
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