Jessye Norman
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.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as SelfThere was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for...
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Ariadne auf Naxos
as Ariadne / PrimadonnaJessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera,...
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Die Walküre
as SieglindeThe gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this...
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Toni Morrison Remembers
as SelfNobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of literature. Her books encompass...
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Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Mezzo-sopranoLive performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star...
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Mitterrand, président culturel
as Self (archive footage)On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to...
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Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
as Self - Lead SingerThe concert setting of the Temple of Zeus in Athens could not be more atmospheric if it tried...
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Ozawa
as uncreditedThis intimate portrait of the legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa focuses on the Japanese master and...
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
as CassandreBerlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus,...
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Jessye Norman - Singer
as HerselfThis long-form portrait of an iconic opera star looks behind the voice to her youth in the...
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Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
as Judith/The WomanBela Bartok's and Arnold Schoenberg's haunting excursions into the nightmare of the unconscious.
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Spirituals in Concert
as Herself"Spirituals in Concert" featuring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle.
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The Magic of Spirituals
as Self (archive footage)Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at...
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Dialogues des Carmélites
as uncreditedIn this legendary production, director John Dexter and designer David Reppa brilliantly captured...
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Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
as HerselfJessye Norman Sings Carmen is a gripping vérité study of the famous dramatic soprano’s approach...
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Oedipus Rex
as JocastaImpressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of...
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Jessye Norman at Notre Dame
as SelfA Christmas Concert at Notre-Dame in 1991
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Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral
as HerselfJessye Norman at Ely Cathedral - Christmastide 1988
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Great Performances
as JocastaThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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The Kennedy Center Honors
as SelfThe Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their...
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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