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Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman
  • Name: Jessye Norman
  • Birthday: 1945-09-15
  • Also known as: Jessye Mae Norman
  • Place of birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
  • Popularity: 1.311
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Title Release date
The Magic of Spirituals 2023-02-24
Mitterrand, président culturel   as  Self (archive footage) 2021-05-12
Toni Morrison Remembers   as  Self 2015-07-14
Karajan's Magic and Myth   as  Self 2014-12-05
Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)   as  Self - Lead Singer 2002-05-06
Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen   as  Self 2002-02-02
Oedipus Rex   as  Jocasta 1993-01-01
Jessye Norman at Notre Dame   as  Self 1991-12-31
Spirituals in Concert   as  Herself 1990-12-07
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen   as  Herself 1990-06-19
Die Walküre   as  Sieglinde 1990-02-23
Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall 1990-01-01
Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)   as  Judith/The Woman 1989-03-31
Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral   as  Herself 1988-12-03
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert   as  Self 1988-01-01
Ariadne auf Naxos   as  Ariadne / Primadonna 1988-01-01
Dialogues des Carmélites 1987-04-04
Jessye Norman - Singer   as  Herself 1987-01-01
Ozawa 1985-01-01
Berlioz: Les Troyens   as  Cassandre 1983-10-07
Verdi: Requiem   as  Self - Mezzo-soprano 1982-08-01