Jessye Norman
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Jessye Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Norman was associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, Leonore, and Cassandre. Apart from receiving several honorary doctorates and other awards, she also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and was a member of the British Royal Academy of Music.
Known for
Great Performances
Jocasta
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self - Main Guest
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
Berlioz: Les Troyens
Cassandre
Dialogues des Carmélites
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne / Primadonna
Toni Morrison Remembers
Self
Spirituals in Concert
Herself
Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
Judith/The Woman
Die Walküre
Sieglinde
Mitterrand, président culturel
Self (archive footage)
Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral
Herself
Oedipus Rex
Jocasta
Verdi: Requiem
Self - Mezzo-soprano
Ozawa
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
Self - Lead Singer
The Magic of Spirituals
Self (archive footage)
Le monde est à vous
Self
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
Herself
Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen
Self
Jessye Norman - Singer
Herself
Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall
Jessye Norman at Notre Dame
Self
Boulevard Bio
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Beckmann
Self
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
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