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Jessye Norman (15 Sep 1945 - 30 Sep 2019)

Female Person - United States soprano

Releases (17)

Official

Album

  1. Sacred Songs 1981
  2. Christmastide 1987
  3. Amazing Grace 1991
  4. In the Spirit Oct 1996
  5. Roots: My Life, My Song 15 Jun 2010

Album - Compilation

  1. L'Incomparable 1987
  2. Les Triomphes de Jessye Norman 1987
  3. The Jessye Norman Collection 25 Oct 1990
  4. Classics 14 Apr 1992
  5. Brava, Jessye! The Very Best Of Jessye Norman 1993
  6. The Very Best of Jessye Norman 03 Feb 2003
  7. The Jessye Norman Collection 11 Jan 2005
  8. The Unreleased Masters 24 Mar 2023

Single

  1. He's Got the Whole World … 1988
  2. La Marseillaise 1989

Relationships (1)

Teachers

  1. Pierre Bernac singing

Recordings by (232)

  1. There's a Man Going Round 3:09 (1979)
  2. Great Day 2:03 (1979)
  3. Were You There 4:43 (1979)
  4. Ave Maria 6:03 (1981)
  5. Amazing Grace 3:20 (1981)
  6. The Boys from Syracuse: Falling in Love with Love 2:13 (1984)
  7. Rosalie: In the Still of the Night 2:43 (1984)
  8. I Married an Angel: Spring Is Here 3:32 (1984)
  9. You Were Never Lovelier: I'm Old-Fashioned 2:31 (1984)
  10. House of Flowers: A Sleepin' Bee 4:21 (1984)
  11. Can-Can: I Love Paris 2:44 (1984)
  12. The Song Is You 3:43 (1984)
  13. Hayride: I Love You 2:17 (1984)
  14. Goldwyn Follies: Love Is Here to Stay 3:36 (1984)
  15. Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are 4:01 (1984)
  16. Goldwyn Follies: Love Walked In 2:39 (1984)
  17. With a Song in My Heart: With a Song in My Heart 2:42 (1984)
  18. O Come, O Come Emmanuel 5:04 (1987)
  19. Once in Royal David's City 1:06 (1987)
  20. Unto Us a Child Is Born 1:05 (1987)
  21. Good Christian Men Rejoice 1:38 (1987)
  22. O Holy Night (Minuit Crétien) 3:37 (1987)
  23. The Holly and the Ivy 2:48 (1987)
  24. See Amid the Winter Snow 3:17 (1987)
  25. I Saw Three Ships 2:14 (1987)
  26. This Christmastide 5:18 (1987)
  27. Coventry Carol 3:48 (1987)
  28. In the Bleak Midwinter 5:41 (1987)
  29. Silent Night 4:58 (1987)
  30. Angels We Have Heard on High 1:55 (1987)
  31. We Three Kings of Orient Are 2:36 (1987)
  32. Adeste Fideles 2:57 (1987)
  33. Amen 3:10 (1987)
  34. "On me nomme Hélène la blonde … Dis-moi, Vénus" (La Belle Hélène) 4:48 (1987)
  35. "So bin ich nun verlassen … Hier dicht am Quell" (Euryanthe) 8:51 (1987)
  36. Strophes : "Premiers transports …" (Roméo et Juliette) 6:51 (1987)
  37. N°5 : "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit." (Un requiem allemand) 8:18 (1987)
  38. Der engel 3:03 (1987)
  39. Stehe still ! 3:54 (1987)
  40. Im Treibhaus 5:39 (1987)
  41. Schmerzen 2:18 (1987)
  42. Träume 4:41 (1987)
  43. Nahandove, o belle Nahandove ! 5:22 (1987)
  44. Aoua ! Aoua ! Méfiez-vous des blancs ! 3:32 (1987)
  45. Il est doux de se coucher 4:02 (1987)
  46. Ev'ry Time I Feel de Spirit 1:58 (1987)
  47. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray 3:12 (1987)
  48. Mort de Didon 5:25 (1987)
  49. He's Got the Whole World… 3:02 (1988) live, 1987-11: Munich, West Germany
  50. Hymne à la Liberté 3:51 (1989)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Ev'ry Time I Feel de Spirit 1:55 Jessye Norman & Dalton Baldwin (1979)
  2. There Is a Balm in Gilead 3:14 Jessye Norman & Dalton Baldwin (1979)
  3. Gospel Train 1:11 Jessye Norman & Dalton Baldwin (1979)

Vocals

  1. Wesendonck Lieder: Schmerzen – Träume ?:?? Jessye Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (1972) soprano vocals
  2. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7 : Absence 6:20 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  3. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7 : Sur les lagunes 6:54 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  4. Shéhérazade : Asie 10:31 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  5. Shéhérazade : La Flûte enchantée 3:19 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  6. Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Viola und Klavier, op. 91: Geistliches Wiegenlied 6:07 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons, Ulrich von Wrochem (1980) soprano vocals
  7. Shéhérazade : L’Indifférent 4:48 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  8. Meine Liebe ist grün, op. 63/5 1:22 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  9. Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Viola und Klavier, op. 91: Gestillte Sehnsucht 7:02 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons, Ulrich von Wrochem (1980) soprano vocals
  10. O komme, holde Sommernacht, op. 58/4 1:17 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  11. Wie Melodien zieht es mir, op. 105/1 2:29 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  12. Die Mainacht, op. 43/2 3:46 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  13. Vier Gesänge Op.43: 1. Von ewiger Liebe 5:11 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  14. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7 : Au cimetière (Clair de lune) 5:32 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  15. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7 : Le Spectre de la rose 7:16 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  16. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7 : Villanelle 2:22 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  17. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7 : L’Île inconnue 4:17 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1980) soprano vocals
  18. Therese, op. 86/1 1:25 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  19. Botschaft, op. 47/1 1:55 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  20. Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, op. 96/1 3:06 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  21. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, op. 105/2 4:43 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  22. Ständchen, op. 106/1 1:34 Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons (1980) soprano vocals
  23. Presto - Allegro Assai (with Final Chorus From Schiller's "Ode to Joy") 28:34 Walter Hagen-Groll, Walter Berry, Plácido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jessye Norman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (1981) soprano vocals
  24. Sanctus, Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile 6:02 Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  25. I Wonder As I Wander 3:21 Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  26. The Holy City 6:22 The Ambrosian Singers, Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  27. Amazing Grace 3:22 The Ambrosian Singers, Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  28. Let Us Break Bread Together 3:29 Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  29. Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: V. Sanctus 6:07 The Ambrosian Singers, Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  30. Greensleeves 3:54 The Ambrosian Singers, Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  31. O Divine Redeemer 6:20 Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  32. Sweet Little Jesus Boy 4:37 Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  33. Gesu Bambino 4:41 Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  34. Panis Angelicus 4:09 The Ambrosian Singers, Jessye Norman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson (1981) soprano vocals
  35. Vier Letzte Lieder, op. 150: Beim Schlafengehen 6:07 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  36. Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 1:47 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  37. Vier Letzte Lieder, op. 150: September 5:30 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  38. Vier Letzte Lieder, op. 150: Im Abendrot 10:00 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  39. Cäcilie, op. 27 no. 2 2:17 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  40. Ruhe, meine Seele, op. 27 no. 1 4:30 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  41. Meinem Kinde, op. 37 no. 3 2:42 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  42. Morgen, op. 27 no. 4 4:00 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  43. Vier Letzte Lieder, op. 150: Frühling 3:47 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  44. Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 5:16 Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (Aug 1982) soprano vocals
  45. Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit 7:49 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1982) soprano vocals
  46. Das Lied von der Erde: VI. Der Abschied 34:58 Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (1982) soprano vocals
  47. Alceste : Acte II. « Cher époux ! » 28:33 Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Serge Baudo (1982) soprano vocals

Credited as (293)

  1. Jessye Norman
  2. Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman
  3. Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman
  4. Michel Legrand; Jessye Norman
  5. Jessye Norman, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Lawrence Foster
  6. Geoffrey Parsons, Jessye Norman
  7. Richard Strauss; Jessye Norman
  8. Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
  9. Richard Strauss, Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons
  10. Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons
  11. Jessye Norman feat. The Boston Pops
  12. Béla Bartók; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman, László Polgár
  13. Franz Schubert; Jessye Norman, Phillip Moll
  14. Jessye Norman, Phillip Moll
  15. Tchaikovsky; Yo‐Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman, Leningrad Philharmonic, Yuri Termikanov
  16. Jessye Norman, Boston Pops, John Williams
  17. Jessye Norman, Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams
  18. Richard Strauss; Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
  19. Jessye Norman, Dalton Baldwin & Ambrosian Singers
  20. Jessye Norman & Ambrosian Singers
  21. Jessye Norman & Dalton Baldwin
  22. Jessye Norman, Daniel Barenboim
  23. Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur, Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
  24. Beethoven; Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Plácido Domingo, Walter Berry, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
  25. Jessye Norman, Siegfried Jerusalem
  26. Jessye Norman, Orchestre de la Staatskapelle de Dresde, Marek Janowski
  27. Jacques Offenbach; Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson, Jessye Norman
  28. Georges Bizet; Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, Mirella Freni, Simon Estes, Chœur de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
  29. Bizet; Norman, Freni, Shicoff, Ozawa
  30. Bizet; Jessye Norman, Mirella Freni, Neil Shicoff, Simon Estes, Orchestre National de France, Chœur et Maîtrise de Radio France, Seiji Ozawa
  31. Mahler; Jessye Norman, Jon Vickers, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
  32. Richard Wagner; Jessye Norman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  33. Jessye Norman, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  34. Bizet; Jessye Norman, Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa
  35. Mahler; Jessye Norman, Kiri Te Kanawa, Marilyn Horne, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  36. Jessye Norman, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  37. Jessye Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
  38. Johannes Brahms; Jessye Norman, Daniel Barenboim
  39. New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman
  40. Johannes Brahms; Eugen Jochum, Jessye Norman, Jorma Hynninen, Klaus Tennstedt
  41. Mascagni; Jessye Norman, Giuseppe Giacomini, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov
  42. Beethoven; Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Plácido Domingo, Walter Berry, Karl Böhm
  43. Gustav Mahler; Jessye Norman, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
  44. Beethoven; Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Plácido Domingo, Walter Berry, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
  45. Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Plácido Domingo, Walter Berry, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
  46. Purcell; Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  47. Verdi; Caballé, Norman, Carreras, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli
  48. Jessye Norman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
  49. Duparc, Ravel, Poulenc, Satie; Jessye Norman, Dalton Baldwin
  50. Jessye Norman, Dalton Baldwin
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Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. Norman - Gulda - Ambros: Gala Concert
  2. Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
  3. Rock for the Rainforest: 1995

Guest Performer At

  1. The Proms 1972: Prom 57: Last Night of the Proms 1972 soprano vocals

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/124138454
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/jessye_norman
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81132078
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81132078
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138980222
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t160j2

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/86122

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/310388

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000042384

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635525/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/110833350

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240937

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zdBW3w3XzBuPMUEiarUUw