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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)

Songs

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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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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - "Choral" - 4.: "O Freunde nicht diese Töne" -
Jessye Norman
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise "Isoldes Liebestod"
Jessye Norman
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Je te veux
Jessye Norman
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Gounod: Messe solennelle de Ste. Cécile CG 56 - Sanctus
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Albums

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The Unreleased Masters

Album • 2023
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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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Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture; Siegfried-Idyll; Tristan und Isolde

Album • 1988
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

Album • 2019
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Album • 2007
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LIEDER: SCHUBERT; BRAHMS; RAVEL; STRAUSS

Album • 1994
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The Very Best of Jessye Norman

Album • 2012
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Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Album • 1998
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Fauré: Pénélope

Album • 2009
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Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung

Album • 1997

Singles

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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

Videos

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"Ave Maria", Jessye Norman (Franz Schubert)

Remember Our Music • 2.2K views
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Jessye Norman: Mahler - Rückert-Lieder, 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen'

Thewisemonkey9 • 15K views
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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcel

Jessye Norman • 3M views
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Gounod 《Saint Cecilia Mass》 Sanctus聖哉經 (字幕)

lindabeauty28 • 1.6K views
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Jessye Norman Tribute (Strauss - Im Abendrot)

James • 2.2K views
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Jessye Norman - "Amazing Grace" (Sidney Poitier Tribute) | 1995 Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center • 1.1M views
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Beim Schlafengehen-Strauss (Eng/Ger/Spa subtitles); Jessye Norman

Daniel Serratos • 11K views
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Hymne à la Liberté | French Revolution

TELOS • 1.6K views
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Jessye Norman - Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner)

James • 782K views

Featured on

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Presenting Brahms

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Presenting Schubert

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Christmas at the Opera

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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Presenting Schumann

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Operatic Festive Favourites

Playlist • YouTube Music

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