Jessye Norman

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Jessye Norman

Acting September 15, 1945

Augusta, Georgia, USA

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 associat…

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Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
Beckmann

Beckmann

4.5 1999 TV Show
Le monde est à vous

Le monde est à vous

1987 TV Show
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0 1972 TV Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.3 1995 TV Show
Boulevard Bio

Boulevard Bio

7.0 1991 TV Show
The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.4 1978 TV Show
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

6.5 1988 Movie
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera

Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera

8.0 1988 Movie
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

10.0 1988 Movie
Ozawa

Ozawa

8.5 1985 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    The Magic of Spirituals

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2021
    Mitterrand, président culturel

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2015
    Toni Morrison Remembers

    Movie Self

  4. 2014
    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Movie Self

  5. 2004
    Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

    TV show Self

  6. 2002
    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

    Movie Self - Lead Singer

  7. 2002
    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

    Movie Self

  8. 2000
    Aida's Brothers & Sisters

    Movie Self

  9. 1999
    Beckmann

    TV show Self

  10. 1995
    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    TV show Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)

  11. 1993
    Oedipus Rex

    Movie Jocasta

  12. 1992
    Symphony for the Spire

    Movie

  13. 1991
    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

    Movie Self

  14. 1991
    Boulevard Bio

    TV show Self

  15. 1990
    Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad

    Movie Self - Soprano

  16. 1990
    Spirituals in Concert

    Movie Herself

More credits
  1. 1990
    Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace

    Movie Self

  2. 1990
    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Movie Herself

  3. 1990
    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

    Movie

  4. 1989
    Die Walküre

    Movie Sieglinde

  5. 1989
    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    Movie Judith/The Woman

  6. 1988
    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

    Movie Herself

  7. 1988
    Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

    Movie Self

  8. 1988
    Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera

    Movie Ariadne / Primadonna

  9. 1988
    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    Movie Self

  10. 1987
    Le monde est à vous

    TV show Self

  11. 1987
    Dialogues des Carmélites

    Movie

  12. 1987
    Jessye Norman - Singer

    Movie Herself

  13. 1985
    Ozawa

    Movie Self

  14. 1983
    Berlioz: Les Troyens

    Movie Cassandre

  15. 1982
    Verdi: Requiem

    Movie Self - Mezzo-soprano

  16. 1982
    Champs-Elysées

    TV show Self

  17. 1978
    The Kennedy Center Honors

    TV show Self

  18. 1972
    Le Grand Échiquier

    TV show Self

  19. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Jocasta