Born on this day – Jessye Norman:

Jessye Norman

Opera singer

Recitalist

September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019

Credits:

Albums:

Alceste (1982); Amazing Grace (1990); Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle (1998); Bluebeard's Castle (Hungarian State Orchestra feat. conductor: Adam Fischer) (1988); Brahms Edition: Lieder (1996); Brahms: Lieder (1983); Brettl-Lieder (1993); Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Mélodies – Apex (1990); Das Festkonzert zur Weihnachtszeit: Ein großer Abend aus Notre-Dame (1992); Dido and Aeneas (English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Raymond Leppard) (1986); Die Walküre (Erich Leinsdorf, The London Symphony Orchestra feat. Nilsson, Vickers & London) (1999); I Was Born In Love With You - Music By Michel Legrand (2000); I Was Born in Love With You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand (2000); In the Spirit (1996); Jessye Norman - Roots: My Life, My Song (2009); Jessye Norman Live (1988); La Belle Hélène (1985); Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Lieder (1980); Lieder (soprano: Jessye Norman, piano: Daniel Barenboim) (1983); Lohengrin (1987); Lucky To Be Me (1992); Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (1982); Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Rückert-Lieder / Schubert: Lieder (1972); Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1970); Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1962); Recitals: An Evening with Jessye Norman (2009); Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); Roméo et Juliette (1998); Sacred Songs (1981); Salzburg Recital (1991); Schubert: Lieder (1985); Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Liederkreis, Op.39 (1976); Sinfonía n° 9 (1989); Spirituals (1979); Spirituals in Concert (1991); Symphony No. 3 (1982); The Compact Opera Collection: Carmen (1989); The Essential Jessye Norman (2004); The Unreleased Masters (2023); Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Wagner: Die Walkure (2011); Wagner: Lohengrin (1963); Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder; Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (1976); Weber: Euryanthe (1976); With a Song in My Heart (1984).

Songs:

Adams: The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); Amazing Grace / Sacred Songs (1981); Amen / Christmastide (2009); Barcarolle / Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Beim Schlafengehen / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Cavalleria rusticana: "Oh! Il Signore vi manda" / Cavalleria Rusticana (1991); Chanson triste / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Erlkönig / Lieder (1985); Erlkönig, D.328 / Schubert: Lieder (1985); Es gibt ein Reich / Ariadne Auf Naxos (1988); Frühling / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Gounod: Repentir / Sacred Songs (1981); Greensleeves / Sacred Songs (1981); He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Spirituals in Concert (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 10) / Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act III, Scene VI. No. 20 Recitativo "E Susanna non vien!" / No. 20 Aria "Dove sono i bei momenti" / The Jessye Norman Collection (1990); Je te veux / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Les chemins de l'amour / Les Triomphes de Jessye Norman (1987); Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Lord, How Come Me Here / Spirituals in Concert (1991); Panis Angelicus / Sacred Songs (1981); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 3. Beim Schlafengehen / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot / Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); There is a balm in Gilead / Spirituals (1979); There's a Man Going Round / Spirituals (1979); Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am Laid in Earth / Dido and Aeneas (1986); Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod, Mild und Leise wie er lächelt / Árias Clásicas: Soprano (2017); Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod. "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" / Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Tristan und Isolde: Isoldes Liebestod / Tannhäuser / Siegfried Idyll / Tristan und Isolde (1988); Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 – Träume / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); Yon: Gesù Bambino / Sacred Songs (1981); Zueignung / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982).

Movies and television:

28th Annual Trumpet Awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); 60 Minutes / Segment: Jessye (1991); Absolute Wilson (2006); Aquarius (1972); Artemisia (1997); Beckmann (2009); Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace (1990); Boulevard Bio (1993); C à vous (2015); Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987); Champs-Elysées (1987); Charlie Rose (2000–2001); Choke (2008); Christmas Glory from New York (2001); CNBC Meets (2015); Die Walküre (1990); Dimanche Martin (1985); Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988); Ebony (1984); Formule 1 (1982); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Grâce à la musique (1979 / 1982); Great Performances (1993 / 2000–2023); Great Performances at the Met (1996–2022); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Hep Taxi ! (2017); Im Herzen des Lichts - Die Nacht der Primadonnen (2002); Imagine (2015); In Depth (2020); Jackie Kennedy: Fighting for Civil Rights (2018); Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991); Jessye Norman Recital (1986); Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989); Jessye Norman Sings for the Healing of Aids (1995 / 1997); Jessye Norman's Christmas Symphony (1987); Karajan in Salzburg (1988); Karsh Is History (2009); Katie (2014); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Le grand échiquier (1974–1984); Les enfants de la guerre (1996); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1992); Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996); Marian Anderson (1991); Musiques au Coeur (1987 / 1991); Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2002); Omnibus (1986–1989); Ozawa (1985); Proms Extra (2014); Rembob'Ina (2024); Restless City (2011); Romeo (1990); Slow Horses (2022); Sternstunden der Musik (2021); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2019); Symphony for the Spire (1992); Tavis Smiley (2011); Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997); The Banshees of Inisherin (2022); The French Revolution (1989); The Hours (2002); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1997); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala (1983); The People's Passion (1999); The South Bank Show (1979); The Trip to Greece (2020); The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (2015); To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (1998); Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013); Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Verdi: Requiem (2009); Vivement dimanche prochain (2015); Weekend in Wallop (1984); Wetten, dass..? (2006); Wild at Heart (1990); Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2009); Wogan (1985).