Jesse Norman ( born Jessye Norman ; September 15, 1945 , Augusta , Georgia - September 30, 2019 , New York ) is an American singer ( soprano , mezzo-soprano).
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| Date of Birth | September 15, 1945 |
| Place of Birth | Augusta , Georgia , USA |
| Date of death | September 30, 2019 ( 74) |
| A place of death | New York |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | Opera singer |
| Singing voice | soprano , mezzo-soprano |
| Genres | opera , spirituals , chamber music , vocal and symphonic genres ( oratorio , cantata ) |
| Collectives | Metropolitan Opera , La Scala , Covent Garden |
| Awards | Spingarn Medal ( 2013 ) US National Medal of Arts Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ( 2006 ) Wolf Prize in the field of art [d] ( 1990 ) |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 See also
- 3 Literature
- 4 notes
Biography
Studied in the USA. In 1969 she made her debut in Berlin as Elizabeth ( Wagner's “ Tannhauser ”), in 1972 in La Scala as Aida (Verdi's “ Aida ”) and Covent Garden as Cassandra ( Berlioz's “ Trojans ”). Other opera parts include Carmen ( Carmen Bizet ), Ariadne ( Ariadne on Naxos , R. Strauss ), Salome ( Salome R. Strauss), Jocasta ( Oedipus Rex Stravinsky ).
Since the mid-1970s, she only performed in concerts for some time, then returned to the opera stage in 1980 as Ariadne in Richard Strauss' Ariadne on Naxos in Hamburg State . In 1982 she made her debut on the American opera stage in Philadelphia - before that, the black singer gave only concert tours in her homeland. Norman's long-awaited debut in the Metropolitan Opera took place in 1983 in the dilogy of Berlioz's “Trojans” - in two parts, Cassandra and Dido. Jesse's partner was then Placido Domingo , and the production was a huge success. In the same place, in the Metropolitan, Norman subsequently beautifully performed Sieglinde in the “Valkyries” by Richard Wagner. This “Nibelung Ring”, directed by J. Levine, was recorded, as was Wagner's “ Parsifal ”, where Jesse Norman performed the part of Kundry. In general, Wagner, along with Mahler and R. Strauss, always formed the basis of the opera and concert repertoire of Jesse Norman.
At the beginning of the XXI century, Jesse Norman was one of the most versatile, popular and highly paid singers. She invariably showed vivid vocal abilities, sophisticated musicality and a sense of style. Her repertoire included the richest chamber and vocal-symphonic repertoire from Bach and Schubert to Mahler , Schoenberg (“Songs of Gurre”), Berg and Gershwin . Norman also recorded several spirituals and popular American as well as French songs.
Inducted into the Gramophone Magazine Hall of Fame [1] . Honorary Doctor of Oxford Music (2016).
Died September 30, 2019 in New York . The cause of death is multiple organ failure caused by the consequences of a spinal cord injury received in 2015 [2] .
See also
- Marian anderson
- Grace Bambry
- Shirley Verrett
- Leontina Price
Literature
- Gates, Henry Louis and Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (eds.) (2004) Norman, Jessye African American Lives Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 629–631, ISBN 0-19-516024-X
Notes
- ↑ Gramophone Hall of Fame . Gramophone. Date of treatment January 2, 2016.
- ↑ Grammy winner Norman Has died . gordonua.com. Date of treatment October 1, 2019.