Dawn Upshaw

22 pieces since 2010 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

22 pieces
4 roles
2 companies
17 years

3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Dawn Upshaw.

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Rake, no progress

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met includes not only unreleased video performances on DVD but also live radio broadcasts on CD.  This performance is one of the latter,  originally heard April 19, 2003. The Rake’s Progress has one of the greatest operatic pedigrees of all time.  It was inspired by a series of […]

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Good gracious, Great Gatsby!

The first opera to be performed in the 21st century at the Metropolitan Opera, thankfully after the lack of total destruction from the Y2K bug, was the recently premiered The Great Gatsby by John Harbison. Commissioned to mark James Levine’s 25th anniversary with the company, the recording of this New Year’s Day broadcast is now […]

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Gay “Marriage”

These days, when James Levine is mostly in the news due to his back ailments, it is somewhat shocking to see this performance of Le nozze di Figaro begin with the Maestro fairly dancing around on the podium as he conducts a sparkling rendition of the overture. It starts off a classic performance of Mozart’s […]

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