Jessye Norman

Acting

Jessye Norman

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Sep 15, 1945 (80 years old)
Death date
Sep 30, 2019

Jessye Norman

Known For

The Magic of Spirituals
55min
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Movie 2023

The Magic of Spirituals

Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and...

Mitterrand, président culturel
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Movie 2021

Mitterrand, président culturel

On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François...

Toni Morrison Remembers
1h 5m
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Movie 2015

Toni Morrison Remembers

Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of...

StreamPrime Logo
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2014

Karajan's Magic and Myth

Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the...

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DOLBY
Movie 2002

Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

Oedipus Rex
57min
DOLBY
Movie 1993

Oedipus Rex

Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the...

Jessye Norman at Notre Dame
1h 10m
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Movie 1991

Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

A Christmas Concert at Notre-Dame in 1991

Spirituals in Concert
1h 30m
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Movie 1990

Spirituals in Concert

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

Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
57min
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Movie 1990

Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

Jessye Norman Sings Carmen is a gripping vérité study of...

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1h 30m
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Movie 1990

Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

A filmed concert of two famed sopranos.

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.