Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9/15/1945
- Birthplace
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- 9/30/2019 (aged 74)
- Gender
- Female
- Also known as
- Jessye Mae Norman
Biography
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.
12 titles
Great Performances
1971TV
Jocasta
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
Die Walküre
1989
Sieglinde
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978TV
Self
Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
2002
Self - Lead Singer
Symphony for the Spire
1992
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Self
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
1988
Ariadne / Primadonna
Ozawa
1985
Self
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
1990
Herself
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
Self
Berlioz: Les Troyens
1983
Cassandre
