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Jessye Norman

Jessye Mae Norman was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but did not limit herself to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, Norman was associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Berlioz's Cassandre and Didon, and Bartók's Judith. The New York Times music critic Edward Rothstein described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound", and wrote that "it has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous halls." Norman trained at Howard University, the Peabody Institute, and the University of Michigan. Her career began in Europe, where she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 1968, which led to a contract with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Her operatic début came as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser, after which she sang as Verdi's Aida at La Scala in Milan. She made her first operatic appearance in the U.S. in 1982 with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, when cast as Jocasta in Stravinsky's Oedipus rex, and as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessye_Norman) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise "Isoldes Liebestod"

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Anonymous: There Is A Balm In Gilead

Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, James Levine, Members Of The New York Philharmonic, and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Members

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R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot

Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur, and Richard Strauss

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Gounod: Messe solennelle de Ste. Cécile CG 56: Sanctus

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The Unreleased Masters

Album • 2023

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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

Album • 2011

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Wagner - Die Walküre

Album • 2005

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Ravel: Mélodies

Album • 2020

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Fauré: Pénélope

Album • 2009

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Beethoven: Fidelio

Album • 2005

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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

Album • 2019

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Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (feat. Charles Burles, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Gabriel Bacquier & Jean-Philippe Lafont)

Album • 2009

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The Very Best of Jessye Norman

Album • 2012

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Album • 2007

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Haydn: Scena di Berenice, Hob. XXIVa:10: Aria "Perché, se tanti siete"

2023

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R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 3, Beim Schlafengehen

2022

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Jessye Norman Schubert Ave Maria RIP

Voices of South Africa Opera Singing Competition • 1.3K views

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Tristan und Isolde: “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (Isoldes Liebestod)

Herbert von Karajan, Jessye Norman & Vienna Philharmonic • 675K views

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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - Biem Schlafengehen (Strauss)

Jessye Norman • 138K views

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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcel

Jessye Norman • 3.1M views

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There Is A Balm In Gilead

James Levine, New York Philharmonic, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Members • 157K views

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Jessye Norman - Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner)

James • 791K views

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Jessye Norman - "Amazing Grace" (Sidney Poitier Tribute) | 1995 Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center • 1.2M views

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Jessye Norman Tribute (Strauss - Im Abendrot)

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Hymne à la Liberté | French Revolution

TELOS • 1.6K views

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Gounod 《Saint Cecilia Mass》 Sanctus聖哉經 (字幕)

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Christmas at the Opera

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Operatic Festive Favourites

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Presenting Schubert

Playlist • YouTube Music

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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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