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Jessye Norman, American Grammy award-winning contemporary opera singer & recitalist, and performer of classical music. With a range uncommonly wide, encompassing all female voice registers from contralto to high dramatic soprano, she is associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore. She is the youngest person to ever receive a Kennedy Center Honor. She is a graduate of Howard University & UMichigan, Ann Arbor. Jessye Norman, Image Couple, A Night At The Opera, Robert Mapplethorpe, Opera Singer, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon, We Are The World, Advanced Style

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Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman, American Grammy award-winning contemporary opera singer & recitalist, and performer of classical music. With a range uncommonly wide, encompassing all female voice registers from contralto to high dramatic soprano, she is associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore. She is the youngest person to ever receive a Kennedy Center Honor. She is a graduate of Howard University & UMichigan, Ann Arbor.

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Appreciation: Why Jessye Norman was more than a great voice. Much more

Great American opera star Jessye Norman with a voice so rich it not just any room but the psyche of the listener, yet her mesmerizing presence came from surprisingly somewhere else

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Jessye Norman, legendary opera star, dies at 74

Her passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards and the National Medal of Arts.

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Jessye Norman | Academy of Achievement

One of the most distinguished musical artists of our time, Jessye Norman traveled from her home town of Augusta, Georgia to the opera houses and concert halls of the world. As a ten-year-old child she was spellbound by a recording of the great contralto Marian Anderson. Inspired by Anderson's recordings and autobiography, she resolved to become a classical singer herself. At age 16 she won a music scholarship to Howard University. In Europe, she was discovered by the Continent's leading…

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Opera Fresh: Bastille Day Celebration With Jessye Norman. In 1989, Jessye Norman helped France celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution by draping herself in an oversize flag and singing the "La Marseillaise" in Paris. Jessye Norman, Classical Opera, A Night At The Opera, Opera Ballet, Bastille Day, Singing Lessons, Opera Singer, Black Celebrities, Black Music

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Bastille Day Celebration With Jessye Norman

Opera Fresh: Bastille Day Celebration With Jessye Norman. In 1989, Jessye Norman helped France celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution by draping herself in an oversize flag and singing the "La Marseillaise" in Paris.

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