Jessye Norman

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.

  • Title: Jessye Norman
  • Popularity: 1.133
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1945-09-15
  • Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia, USA
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  • Also Known As: Jessye Mae Norman
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Jessye Norman Movies

  • 2023
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    The Magic of Spirituals

    The Magic of Spirituals

    1 2023 HD

    Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring...

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  • 1990
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    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

    1 1990 HD

    A filmed concert of two famed sopranos.

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  • 2002
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    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

    6.8 2002 HD

    The concert setting of the Temple of Zeus in Athens could not be more atmospheric if it tried and those cosmic and Hellenic artefact images projected...

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  • 1990
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    Die Walküre

    Die Walküre

    8 1990 HD

    The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle....

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  • 1988
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    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

    1 1988 HD

    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral - Christmastide 1988

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  • 1983
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    Berlioz: Les Troyens

    Berlioz: Les Troyens

    1 1983 HD

    Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor...

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  • 1993
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    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    1 1993 HD

    Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings...

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  • 1988
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    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    1 1988 HD

    Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James...

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  • 1988
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    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    10 1988 HD

    There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of...

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  • 1982
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    Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

    1 1982 HD

    Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado,...

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  • 1990
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    Spirituals in Concert

    Spirituals in Concert

    1 1990 HD

    "Spirituals in Concert" featuring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle.

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  • 1990
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    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    1 1990 HD

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen is a gripping vérité study of the famous dramatic soprano’s approach to mastering Bizet’s...

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  • 1987
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    Jessye Norman - Singer

    Jessye Norman - Singer

    1 1987 HD

    This long-form portrait of an iconic opera star looks behind the voice to her youth in the segregated American South

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  • 1991
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    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

    1 1991 HD

    A Christmas Concert at Notre-Dame in 1991

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  • 2014
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    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    1 2014 HD

    Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most...

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  • 2002
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    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1987
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    Dialogues des Carmélites

    Dialogues des Carmélites

    1 1987 HD

    In this legendary production, director John Dexter and designer David Reppa brilliantly captured the stark drama of Poulenc’s only full-length...

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  • 1985
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    Ozawa

    Ozawa

    9 1985 HD

    This intimate portrait of the legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa focuses on the Japanese master and teacher's career, his advocacy of modern composers...

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  • 2015
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    Toni Morrison Remembers

    Toni Morrison Remembers

    1 2015 HD

    Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of literature. Her books encompass black American history but live and breathe in the...

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  • 1989
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    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    1 1989 HD

    Bela Bartok's and Arnold Schoenberg's haunting excursions into the nightmare of the unconscious.

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  • 2021
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    Mitterrand, président culturel

    Mitterrand, président culturel

    1 2021 HD

    On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to the relationship between the President and...

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  • 1978
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    The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    7.333 1978 HD

    The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

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  • 1995
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    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    6 1995 HD

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 2004
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    Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

    Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

    4 2004 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1999
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    Beckmann

    Beckmann

    3 1999 HD

    Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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