Jessye Norman
Actor
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.
Filmography
Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
as Self - Lead Singer 2002
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as Self 1988
Ozawa
as Self 1985
Symphony for the Spire
1992
The Magic of Spirituals
as Self (archive footage) 2023
Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall
1990
Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral
as Herself 1988
Berlioz: Les Troyens
as Cassandre 1983
Oedipus Rex
as Jocasta 1993
Ariadne auf Naxos
as Ariadne / Primadonna 1988
Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Mezzo-soprano 1982
Spirituals in Concert
as Herself 1990
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
as Herself 1990
Jessye Norman - Singer
as Herself 1987
Jessye Norman at Notre Dame
as Self 1991
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self 2014