Among the discs she used as therapy was a performance of Bach cantatas
about mortality by her beloved colleague Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who
was killed in 2006 by the same cancer that Upshaw has fought off. 'That
is the most touching performance of anything ever! It's about fear and
anguish, but the way Lorraine sings made it soothing. It was a
blessing.' She illustrated her esteem for Hunt Lieberson by putting
down her chopsticks, making a bowl of her hands and lifting them into
the air.
OC would just like to repeat one more time how much she loves la signora Dawn Upshaw, mystical Unitarian, corageous survivor, proud disciple of the Upshaw Family Singers, polite endurer of dense journalists, soprano assoluto of magical wonders.
