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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" that "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 (

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"
Jessye Norman
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Mythodea - Special Edit
The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Blake Neely, Athens Opera Choir, Greece National Opera Choir, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman
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Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey: Movement 9 (Voice)
Vangelis
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise "Isoldes Liebestod"
Jessye Norman
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R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 4, Im Abendrot
Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur, and Richard Strauss

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

Jessye Norman • 3.3M views
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Hymne à la Liberté | French Revolution

Critique videos • 1.7K views
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Vangelis Mythodea 2001 - Movement 6

Miguel Oszwald • 78K views
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Jessye Norman Amazing Grace

Voices of South Africa Opera Singing Competition • 3.5K views
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Jessye Norman - R.Strauss - Im Abendrot

Haldirwen • 440K views
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Brahms: Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op.105, No.1 lyrics in English & German(마치 멜로디처럼 - 브람스 가곡 한글가사)

Gina • 1.7K views
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Leonardo Da Vinci - Obras-

Gonza Ruiz • 258K views
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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - Biem Schlafengehen (Strauss)

Jessye Norman • 150K views
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Je te veux - Jessye Norman & Dalton Baldwin - Les chemins de l'amour

Michel Gil • 752 views

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