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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 (

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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Mythodea - Special Edit
The London Metropolitan Orchestra
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise "Isoldes Liebestod"
Jessye Norman
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Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey: Movement 9 (Voice)
Vangelis
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Schubert: Erlkönig, D.328 (Op. 1)
Jessye Norman

Albums

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

2023
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Une vie pour le chant

2013
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The Essential Jessye Norman

2004
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The Unreleased Masters

2023
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Roots: My Life, My Song

2010
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Mythodea

2001
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Ravel: Mélodies

2020
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Fauré: Pénélope

2009
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

2019
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Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Mélodies - Apex

2007

Singles & EPs

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

Single • 2023
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R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 3, Beim Schlafengehen

Single • 2022
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act II: Einsam wachend in der Nacht

Single • 2022

Videos

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Jessye Norman Amazing Grace

Voices of South Africa Opera Singing Competition • 3.8K views
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Leonardo Da Vinci - Obras-

Gonza Ruiz • 258K views
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Jessye Norman - R.Strauss - Im Abendrot

Haldirwen • 452K views
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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcel

Jessye Norman • 3.4M views
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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - Erlkonig (Schubert)

Jessye Norman • 927K views
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Offenbach Barcarolle ''Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour'' The Tales of Hoffmann

leekeeshi • 553K views
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Vangelis - Mythodea Special Edit

Wb ups2 • 2.9K views
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Jessye Norman - A Portrait - Biem Schlafengehen (Strauss)

Jessye Norman • 163K 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 • 2K views

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Presenting Schubert

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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