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Jessye Norman was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to being limited to that voice type. She was a commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Cassandre and Didon by Berlioz 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."
Birth Name
Jessye Mae Norman
Born
Saturday, 15 September 1945
Died
Monday, 30 September 2019
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self - Celebrated Operatic Soprano Dies at 74 | 2016 |
Katie | Self - Opera Singer | 2012 |
Karsh Is History | Self | 2010 |
Great Performances at the Met | Self - Ariadne from Ariadne auf Naxos | 2006 |
Absolute Wilson | Self | 2006 |
Imagine | Self | 2003 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 1997 |
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards | Self | 1997 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Thunder Mountain Woman | 1995 |
Actress Filmography
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