Complex sentence: Dawn Upshaw (born July 17,1960 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a world-renowned American soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times.
Split into simpler sentences: Dawn Upshaw (born July 17,1960 in Nashville, Tennessee), is an American soprano. She has been called "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times.