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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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R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 4, Im Abendrot
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Gounod: Messe solennelle de Ste. Cécile CG 56: Sanctus
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Satie: Je te veux

Albums

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Mozart: Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe, K. 196 (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 3)

2023
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

2011
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Beethoven: Fidelio

2005
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Ravel: Mélodies

2020
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Fauré: Pénélope

2009
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Strauss, R.: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder

2000
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

2019
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Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (feat. Charles Burles, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Gabriel Bacquier & Jean-Philippe Lafont)

2009
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Wagner: Parsifal - Highlights

2014
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

2007

Singles & EPs

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

Single2023
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R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 3, Beim Schlafengehen

Single2022
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act II: Einsam wachend in der Nacht

Single2022

Videos

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"Ave Maria", Jessye Norman (Franz Schubert)

Remember Our Music2.4K views
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Jessye Norman - Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner)

James798K views
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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcel

Jessye Norman3.1M views
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Jessye Norman Tribute (Strauss - Im Abendrot)

James2.4K views
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Jessye Norman - O Divine Redeemer {Repentir (Charles Gounod)}

James486K views
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Hymne à la Liberté | French Revolution

TELOS1.7K views
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Gounod 《Saint Cecilia Mass》 Sanctus聖哉經 (字幕)

lindabeauty281.7K views
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Jessye Norman - "Amazing Grace" (Sidney Poitier Tribute) | 1995 Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center1.2M views
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Philippe Jaroussky et Natalie Dessay - Barcarolle

frompiter756.9K views

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Christmas at the Opera

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Operatic Festive Favourites

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Presenting Schubert

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Essential Classical

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