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Jessye Norman Wiki Biography

Jessye Mae Norman is an American Grammy award-winning contemporary opera singer and recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Norman is associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore. Norman has been inducted into… 

Full Name Jessye Norman
Net Worth $3 Million
Date Of Birth September 15, 1945
Place Of Birth Augusta, Georgia, United States
Height 1.85 m
Profession Singer, Musician
Education Howard University, A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School, University of Michigan
Nationality United States of America
Parents Silas Norman, Janie King-Norman, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Nicknames Norman, Jessye
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635525
Awards Kennedy Center Honors
Nominations Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto-biography, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Movies Symphony for the Spire
Quote
1 [on her memoir ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing’] I’ve made a lot of commencement speeches, ‘yes, do get on with our lives and be really be good citizens’ kinds of speeches. But what I really wanted to do with this book was to talk about the nurturing and nourishing that is needed – not just by people who go into the performing arts – but by all off us.
2 I would like to go to symphony orchestras in [America] and see the orchestra look more like the demographics that they’re meant to serve. I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies.n
3 What I find today is that students, whether they are instrumentalists or singers, are so glued to the page, so glued to notes, they don’t get that within all of that they need to make music.
4 There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That’s not necessarily true and hasn’t been true for a long time. And certainly, there are those instances when singers were told they need to fit into a certain size dress. Of course, women. Men? They just make the costumes bigger.
5 [on what is on her mind whilst performing] I think about the words, I think about the characters. I think what a pleasure it is to sing some of the text that I have. I am so grateful to to be saying those words, they’re so beautiful.
Fact
1 She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts on February 25, 2010 at the White House in Washington D.C. for her services and contributions to music.
2 She was awarded an honorary doctorate for her services to music from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 1998 Commencement Ceremonies.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Christmas Glory from New York 2001 TV Movie Soprano
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 2000 TV Series Thunder Mountain Woman
The People’s Passion 1999 TV Movie Narrator
Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times 1996
Great Performances 1993 TV Series Jocasta
Die Walküre 1990 TV Movie Sieglinde
The Metropolitan Opera Presents 1983-1988 TV Series Ariadne / Primadonna / Madame Lidoine / …

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Restless City 2011 performer: “Four Last Songs – Im Abendrot” written by nm0006309
Choke 2008 performer: “Padre, Germani, Addio! – Ilia, Idamente”
The Hours 2002 performer: “Beim Schlafengehen”
Artemisia 1997 TV Movie documentary performer: “Morgen”
Wild at Heart 1990 performer: “Im Abendrot”
Romeo 1990 performer: “Wiegenlied” Berceuse
La révolution française 1989 performer: “Hymne à la Liberté”
Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988 performer: “There’s a Man Goin’ Round” – uncredited

Self

Title Year Status Character
C à vous 2015 TV Series Herself
Imagine 2015 TV Series documentary Herself
CNBC Meets 2015 TV Series documentary
Vivement dimanche prochain 2015 TV Series Herself
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-2014 TV Series Herself / Herself – Musical Guest
Proms Extra 2014 TV Series Herself
Katie 2014 TV Series Herself – Opera Singer
Tavis Smiley 2011 TV Series Herself
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel 2009 TV Series Herself
Beckmann 2009 TV Series Herself
Karsh Is History 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself
Absolute Wilson 2006 Documentary Herself
Wetten, dass..? 2006 TV Series Herself
Great Performances 2003 TV Series Himself
Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2002 TV Special documentary Herself
Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself
Vangelis: Mythodea – Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey 2001 Video Herself – Lead Singer
Charlie Rose 2000-2001 TV Series Herself – Guest
To Life! America Celebrates Israel’s 50th 1998 TV Special Herself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1997 TV Special Herself – Honoree
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards 1997 TV Special Herself
Les enfants de la guerre 1996 TV Movie Herself
The Metropolitan Opera Presents 1996 TV Series Herself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1995 TV Special Herself
Boulevard Bio 1993 TV Series Herself
Symphony for the Spire 1992 Documentary Soprano
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 1992 TV Movie Herself
Jessye Norman at Notre Dame 1991 TV Movie Herself
Marian Anderson 1991 TV Movie Herself
Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad 1990 TV Special documentary Soprano
Omnibus 1986-1989 TV Series documentary Herself
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen 1989 Documentary Carmen
Karajan in Salzburg 1988 TV Special Wagner Concert
Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Celebratation 1988 TV Special documentary Herself
Jessye Norman’s Christmas Symphony 1987 TV Special documentary Soloist
Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening 1987 TV Movie Herself
Jessye Norman Recital 1986 TV Movie Herself – Soprano
Ozawa 1985 TV Movie documentary Herself
The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards 1984 TV Special Herself
The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala 1983 TV Special Herself
The South Bank Show 1979 TV Series documentary Herself
Le grand échiquier 1974 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1993 CableACE CableACE Awards Performance in a Music Special or Series Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991)

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