Jessye Norman
Biography
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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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Acting History
2023
The Magic of Spirituals as Self (archive footage)
2021Mitterrand, président culturel as Self (archive footage)
2015Toni Morrison Remembers as Self
2014Karajan's Magic and Myth as Self
2004Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self
2002Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey) as Self - Lead Singer
2002Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen as Self
1999Beckmann as Self
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
1993Oedipus Rex as Jocasta
1992Symphony for the Spire
1991Jessye Norman at Notre Dame as Self
1991Boulevard Bio as Self
1990Spirituals in Concert as Herself
1990Jessye Norman Sings Carmen as Herself
1990Die Walküre as Sieglinde
1990Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall
1989Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met) as Judith/The Woman
1988Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral as Herself
1988Ariadne auf Naxos as Ariadne / Primadonna
1988The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert as Self
1987Le monde est à vous as Self
1987Dialogues des Carmélites
1987Jessye Norman - Singer as Herself
1985Ozawa as Self
1983Berlioz: Les Troyens as Cassandre
1982Verdi: Requiem as Self - Mezzo-soprano
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
1978The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self - Main Guest
1971Great Performances as Jocasta