Acting · geboren 1945-09-15 · Augusta, Georgia, USA
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.
Bekannt aus
- Great Performances (1971) – Jocasta
- 13 auf einen Streich (1995) – Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
- Champs-Elysées (1982) – Self
- Die Walküre (1989) – Sieglinde
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) – Self
- Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey) (2002) – Self - Lead Singer
- The South Bank Show (1978)
- Beckmann (1999) – Self
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) – Self
- Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera (1988) – Ariadne / Primadonna
- Ozawa (1985) – Self
- Symphony for the Spire (1992)
- Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Konzert (1988) – Self
- Boulevard Bio (1991) – Self
- Berlioz: Les Troyens (1983) – Cassandre
- The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert (1988) – Self
- Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1990) – Herself
- Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004) – Self
- The Magic of Spirituals (2023) – Self (archive footage)
- Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall (1990)
- Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral (1988) – Herself
- Oedipus Rex (1993) – Jocasta
- Verdi: Requiem (1982) – Self - Mezzo-soprano
- Spirituals in Concert (1990) – Herself
- Jessye Norman - Singer (1987) – Herself
- Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991) – Self
- Karajan's Magic and Myth (2014) – Self
- Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen (2002) – Self
- Dialogues des Carmélites (1987)
- Toni Morrison Remembers (2015) – Self
- Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met) (1989) – Judith/The Woman
- Mitterrand, président culturel (2021) – Self (archive footage)
- Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990) – Self - Soprano
- Aida's Brothers & Sisters (2000) – Self
- Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace (1990) – Self
- Le monde est à vous (1987) – Self