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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, and her artistic achievements are extensive. 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 Douglas Ulreich. She received a B.A. in 1982 from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she studied voice with the late Dr. David Nott. She went on to study voice with Ellen Faull at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, earning her M.M. in 1984. She also attended courses given by Jan DeGaetani at the Aspen (Colorado) Music School. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions (1984) and the Walter M. Naumburg Competition (1985), and was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Development Program. Since her start in 1984, Upshaw has made more than 300 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera.
Actors: Vincent Shkreli (director), Vincent Shkreli (writer), Vincent Shkreli (editor), Johnny Solo (actor), Michael Pantozzi (actor), Luke Marco (actor), Fabrizio Brienza (actor), Johnny Skreli (actor), Johnny Skreli (producer), Fleur de Lisle (actress), Vanessa Bontea (actress), Mitch Berisha (actor), Elza Zagreda (actress), Amera Lennon (actress), Matteo Simone (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Carmen Electra (actress), Kyle Gass (actor), Mindy Robinson (actress), Jason Mewes (actor), Catherine Bach (actress), Shane Brolly (actor), David Jason Perez (actor), Amanda Deibert (actress), Chasty Ballesteros (actress), Emilie Germain (actress), Jillian Terwedo (miscellaneous crew), Susannah Hart Jones (actress), Ron Soha (miscellaneous crew), Maysen Michaels (actress), Matthew Cuny (producer),
Genres: Action,Actors: Genia Michaela (actress), Paul Geoffrey (actor), Robyn Reede (actress), David Busse (actor), David Busse (producer), Deborah Dennison (director), Deborah Dennison (producer), Deborah Dennison (writer), Kat Sawyer (actor),
Plot: A contemporary romantic comedy inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. When young Peter's best friends find themselves in a hopeless romantic mess, he turns to his aunt and her charming group of witches to revive an old love spell - except she doesn't quite remember how to do it, resulting in a hilarious mix-up of misplaced passions.
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Alex Orr (actor), Jay Edwards (editor), Jay Edwards (director), Jay Edwards (writer), Mary Kraft (actress), Cynthia Evans (actress), Adrian Roberts (actor), Travis Young (actor), Claire Bronson (actress), Edward Hastings (actor), Evan Lieberman (producer), Jonathan Michael Green (actor), Bill Szymanski (actor), Arma Benoit (producer), Christopher Hines (actor),
Plot: The Violas (an all girl rock band) tour van breaks down in a small mysterious southern beach community. Stuck with no money until local mechanic Hector offers them a deal - play his annual beach party and he'll fix their van for free! However, unbeknown to the girls the local police are investigating strange happenings and have brought in big shot Scientist John Patterson to help solve the mystery. Now the party is happening, a monster is on the loose and it all comes together at the biggest beach party of the year.
Keywords: auto-mechanic, band, beach, beach-party, girl-band, monster, party, police, scientist, surfActors: Alex Orr (actor), Jay Edwards (producer), Jay Edwards (writer), Jay Edwards (director), Jay Edwards (editor), Mary Kraft (actress), Cynthia Evans (actress), Dana Snyder (actor), Adrian Roberts (actor), Travis Young (actor), Claire Bronson (actress), Reagan Brandon (miscellaneous crew), Edward Hastings (actor), Marvin Evangelista (miscellaneous crew), Evan Lieberman (producer),
Plot: Theodora, Jody and Carol, collectively The Violas, are on tour when their van breaks down in a small southern beach town. The local police are investigating a mass of mysterious debris on the beach and the disappearance of a little girl's parents after she's found walking the beach in a state of shock. Scientist John Patterson is called in to help investigate. Both John and local mechanic Hector Garcia fall for Violas lead singer Theodora, but she seems to have no interest in them, possibly because of a mysterious past. Hector convinces the girls to stay in town when he offers to repair their van in exchange for playing his party, but the mysterious creature is still on the loose.
Keywords: 1960s, beach-party, bigfoot, garage-rock, georgia-usa, monster-movie, rock-'n'-roll, skunk-ape, south, year-1966Actors: Lindsay Ames (actress), Pat Mills (actor), Pat Mills (director), Pat Mills (writer), Ken Chubb (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Lévesque (actor), Mark Andrada (actor), Becky Johnson (actress), Alyson Richards (actress), Jerry Schaefer (actor), Courtenay Bainbridge (miscellaneous crew), Courtenay Bainbridge (actress), Bubba (actor), Alan Poon (actor), Kathleen Phillips (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller,Actors: Ted Nicolaou (director), Charles Band (producer), Raymond Forchion (writer), Bennah Burton-Burtt (miscellaneous crew), Richard Kosinski (composer), Michael J. Mahoney (producer), Milena Milicevic (miscellaneous crew), Gabi Endicott (miscellaneous crew), Mona C. Vasiloiu (producer), Darrow Igus (actor), Gregory Sanders (editor), Gina Tucci (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Pulliam (actress), David Markosyan (miscellaneous crew), Mel Johnson Jr. (producer),
Plot: A dynamic hip-hop group think they've finally gotten their big break but what they don't realize is that Dr. Bones, notorious record producer has a diabolical plot to dominate the world with an army of zombies who use the Protectors' music as their own deadly anthem.
Keywords: audition, hip-hop, hypnosis, record-deal, zombieActors: Giorgos Oikonomou (actor), Chris Murray (director), Chris Murray (actor), Chris Murray (writer), Dimitris Delakovias (actor), Stefanos Handras (actor), Spyros Staboulakis (actor), Dana Behan (actress), John Hare (actor), Kostas Mandalis (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Antonis Tempos (editor), Nikos Fermas (actor), Giannis Fermis (actor), Angelos Georgiadis (actor), Nasos Kedrakas (actor), Takis Miliadis (actor), Giorgos Velentzas (actor), Yorgos Vrasivanopoulos (actor), Malaina Anousaki (actress), Rena Galani (writer), Rena Galani (director), Yanis Alexandridis (actor), Kia Bozou (actress), Bety Moshona (actress), Eva Evangelidou (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: William C. de Mille (director), Adolph Zukor (producer), Clara Beranger (writer), William Boyd (actor), Edward Martindel (actor), Conrad Nagel (actor), Wallace Reid (actor), Bebe Daniels (actress), Julia Faye (actress), Claire McDowell (actress), Ethel Wales (actress), Eve Southern (actress), Bertram Johns (actor), Rachel Crothers (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Faces of Classical Music http://facesofclassicalmusic.blogspot.gr/ • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Theodora, HWV 68 (1749) Libretto by Thomas Morell Dawn Upshaw - Theodora David Daniels - Didymus Frode Olsen - Valens Richard Croft - Septimius Lorraine Hunt - Irene Michael Hart-Davis - Messenger The Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Conductor: William Christie Director for Stage and Television by Peter Sellers Glyndebourne, 1996 Peter Sellers takes Handel's tale of self sacrificial love between a Christian virgin and a Roman bodyguard in 4th century Antioch and by resetting it in modern day America transforms it into a timeless parable of spiritual resistance to tyranny and persecution. • Faces of Classical Music http://facesofclassicalmusic.blogspot.gr...
George Frideric Handel Theodora, HWV 68 Frode Olsen - Valens David Daniels - Didymus Richard Croft - Septimius Dawn Upshaw - Theodora Lorraine Hunt - Irene Michael Hart-Davis - Messenger The Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie, conductor Live recording. Glyndebourne 1996
THEODORA - Dawn Upshaw (W.Christie/Peter Sellars/Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1996)
Overture, recitatives, arias and choruses from Handel's Theodora, produced by Peter Sellars. William Christie is in the pit. Glyndebourne, 1996
Handel Theodora As with rosy steps the morn Lorraine Hunt The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie Glyndebourne - 1996
George Frideric Handel - Theodora (complete) Theodora – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Lincoln Christie (conductor) Theodora – David Daniels, countertenor, Septimius – Richard Croft, tenor, Irene – Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano, Valens – Frode Olsen, bass. The Glyndebourne Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (on period instruments). Theodora Conductor – William Christie. Theodora Recorded in May and June 1996 Georg Friedrich Händel - Theodora
Theodora - Oratorio in Three Acts G. F. Handel Act III, scenes 6-7 18-Didymus - aria -Didymus, Theodora - duo 19-Irene and Chorus Conductor - William Christie Director - Peter Sellars Theodora - Dawn Upshaw Didymus - David Daniels Valens - Frode Olsen Septimus - Richard Croft Irene - Lorraine Hunt Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 1996 I very appreciate to Oedipus Coloneus for the sugestion fof the DVD. It's a great recording of "Theodora", the best I've known.
For his 1996 Glyndebourne staging, radical American director Peter Sellars takes George Frideric Handel's penultimate English oratorio - a tale of self-sacrificial love between a Christian virgin and a Roman imperial bodyguard in fourth-century, enemy-occupied Antioch - and, by resetting it in modern-day America, transforms it into a timeless parable of spiritual resistance to tyranny and persecution. Please visit http://www.kultur.com/Theodora-p/d2099.htm http://www.kultur.com/Theodora-p/bd2099.htm for more information on this program
Handel's oratorio Theodora HWV 68. Act 3 scene 3 Undaunted in the court stands Didymus - recitative between messenger, Theodora and Irene. Whither, Princess, do you fly, - duet, Theodora and Irene She's gone, disdaining liberty and life - recitative, Irene New scenes of joy come crowding on - Irene's aria. Irene - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Theodora - Dawn Upshaw Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie. Peter Sellars' Glyndebourne production of 1996.
Dawn Upshaw, American soprano, discusses her life in music and the state of classical music in our culture.
Michael Tilson Thomas interviews Yo-Yo Ma, Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw and Jaime Bernstein for the San Francsico Symphony's appearance on PBS' Great Performances October 29, 2008. The San Francisco Symphony performed at Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein. To purchase the DVD, go to www.sfsymphony.org/store San Francisco Symphonys All-Bernstein Carnegie Hall Concert to be Broadcast Nationally on Great Performances on PBS October 29 A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein: Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008 DVD to be released on SFS Media The San Francisco Symphony (SFS)s September 24 all-Bernstein gala concert opening the Carnegie Hall 2008-09 season will be broadcast nationally Wednesday, October 29* on Thirteen/WNET New Yorks GREAT PERFORMANCES on P...
An interview I did with opera star Dawn Upshaw for KPFA, c. 1994
Dawn Upshaw - La Voix de l'Ange Un film de Catherine Tatge et Christian Leblé. Récital au Concertgebouw d'Amsterdam avec Richard Goode (piano) : "Memories A & B" (Ives), "The things our fathers loved" (Ives), "Walking" (Ives). Master class à l'Université de Yale. Session d'enregistrement de "Born too late" (Duke) et de répétition de "The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull" (Duke) Répétitions de Saint-François d'Assise (Messiaen) au festival de Salzbourg 1998. Direction : Kent Nagano. Mise en scène de Peter Sellars. José van Dam (Saint-François).
Composer Henryk Górecki discusses his Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, in a 1992 interview in Katowice, Poland. The 1992 Nonesuch recording of the piece, featuring Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta, climbed to the top of the classical music charts in both the US and the UK. Get the album on vinyl: http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/gorecki-symphony-no-3-lp Get the 7-CD box set Henryk Górecki: A Nonesuch Retrospective: http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/gorecki-nonesuch-retrospective Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (December 6, 1933 -- November 12, 2010) http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/henryk-gorecki
Dawn Upshaw leads a masterclass with her students at Bard College.
on DVD (109131) on Blu-ray (109173) A Film by Tony Palmer Performed by The London Sinfonietta • David Zinman • Dawn Upshaw - No. 1 spot in the classical album list - reached No. 6 in the popular album charts - Includes interviews with the media-shy composer - Performance of the “Third Symphony” with the same artists as on the CD release: Dawn Upshaw, David Zinman and The London Sinfonietta - Award-winning director Tony Palmer created an emotional fi lm document - Interview with Henryk Górecki about his symphony UPC DVD: 807280913194 UPC BD: 807280917390 www.arthaus-musik.com
Peter Sellars discusses Dawn Upshaw's career and adventurous spirit.
Brief interview with conductor Cliff Colnot, who is the guest conductor with the San Antonio Symphony on May 21 and May 22, 2010. Dawn Upshaw is the guest soloist.
Dire qu'elle est assez unique est un doux euphémisme... Dans son approche de l'écriture comme dans la transformation du matériau sonore, Kaija Saariaho ne ressemble qu'à elle-même. Depuis plusieurs décennies, l'œuvre de la compositrice finlandaise fascine toujours un peu plus chaque jour. Tout y est délicat et ample à la fois. On la suit partout, que l'univers soit lyrique ici ou chambriste là, orchestral ou soliste... Que Saariaho utilise ou non les machines, sa musique atteint une forme puissante d'expressivité. L'enregistrement de "La Passion de Simone" qui parait chez Ondine - un oratorio sur un livret d'Amin Maalouf, basé sur l'histoire et les écrits de la philosophe et résistante Simone Weil - est une pièce supplémentaire au puzzle de son œuvre apparemment complexe mais qui laisse en...
Intro: G
I�ve [G]heard the sound of my dear old mama [C]crying
And the [D]sound of the train that took me off to [G]war
The [G]awful sound of a thousand bombs ex[C]ploding
And I [Am]wondered if I could take it any[C]more[D]
There were [G]times when they almost drove me [C]crazy
But I [D]did my best and took it like a [G]man
And [G]who would think in my lonely room I�d [C]hear it
The [D]one sound in the world my heart can�t [G]stand
[N.C.]To hear that sound and to [G]know its really [C]over
Through tear stained eyes I watched her walk a[D]way
And of [G]earthquakes storms and guns and war
Lord [C]nothing has ever hurt me more than that [G]lonely sound
The [D]closing of the [G]door
(Key change to G#)
And of [G#]earthquakes storms and guns and war
Lord [C#]nothing ever hurt me more than that [G]lonely sound