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.

KNOWN FOR

Great Performances
1993
The South Bank Show
1979
Champs-Elysées
1987
Le monde est à vous
1991
Beckmann
2009
Le Grand Échiquier
1974
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
2000
Boulevard Bio
1993
The Kennedy Center Honors
1997
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2009
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
1988
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
1990

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
37
2023
The Magic of Spirituals
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Mitterrand, président culturel
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Toni Morrison Remembers
as Self
2014
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self
2009
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
as Self
2009
Beckmann
as Self
2002
Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
as Self - Lead Singer
2002
Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen
as Self
2000
Aida's Brothers & Sisters
as Self
2000
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
1997
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1993
Oedipus Rex
as Jocasta
1993
Great Performances
as Jocasta
1993
Boulevard Bio
as Self
1992
Symphony for the Spire
1991
Jessye Norman at Notre Dame
as Self
1991
Le monde est à vous
as Self
1990
Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall
1990
Spirituals in Concert
as Herself
1990
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
as Herself
1990
Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad
as Self - Soprano
1990
Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace
as Self
1989
Die Walküre
as Sieglinde
1989
Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)
as Judith/The Woman
1988
Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral
as Herself
1988
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
as Ariadne / Primadonna
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
1987
Jessye Norman - Singer
as Herself
1987
Dialogues des Carmélites
1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1985
Ozawa
as Self
1984
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
1983
Berlioz: Les Troyens
as Cassandre
1982
Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
1979
The South Bank Show
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self