Jessye Norman
September 15, 1945 (79 years old) in Augusta, Georgia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessye Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Norman was associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, Leonore, and Cassandre. Apart from receiving several honorary doctorates and other awards, she also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and was a member of the British Royal Academy of Music.
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- 2023 · The Magic of Spirituals as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Mitterrand, président culturel as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Toni Morrison Remembers as Self
- 2014 · Karajan's Magic and Myth as Self
- 2004 · Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self
- 2002 · Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey) as Self - Lead Singer
- 2002 · Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen as Self
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
- 1993 · Oedipus Rex as Jocasta
- 1991 · Jessye Norman at Notre Dame as Self
- 1990 · Spirituals in Concert as Herself
- 1990 · Jessye Norman Sings Carmen as Herself
- 1990 · Die Walküre as Sieglinde
- 1990 · Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall as
- 1989 · Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met) as Judith/The Woman
- 1988 · Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral as Herself
- 1988 · The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert as Self
- 1988 · Ariadne auf Naxos as Ariadne / Primadonna
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1987 · Dialogues des Carmélites as
- 1987 · Jessye Norman - Singer as Herself
- 1985 · Ozawa as
- 1983 · Berlioz: Les Troyens as Cassandre
- 1982 · Verdi: Requiem as Self - Mezzo-soprano
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self - Main Guest
- 1971 · Great Performances as Jocasta