Dawn Upshaw, four other soloists, and the Tanglewood Music Center
Vocal Fellows and Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya had
been scheduled to perform the chamber opera Ainadamar at the Harvey
Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Ocvtober 28, 30, and 31,
2003, at 7:30 p.m. and on November 2 at 3 p.m. However,the Brooklyn
Academy of Music has announced: "Performances of Osvaldo Golijov's
new chamber opera Ainadamar, which were to have taken place on
October 28, 30, 31 and November 2 at BAM's Harvey Theater, have been
cancelled due to the illness of soprano Dawn Upshaw. The lead role
of Margarita Xirgu was created for Ms. Upshaw."