Prestaties uit het verleden 1983 — Gisteren
A kékszakállú herceg vára (Hertog Blauwbaards burcht), Bartók
Théâtre du ChâteletJudit
Bekijk cast en crewErwartung, Schoenberg, Arnold
La Voix humaine, Poulenc
Théâtre du ChâteletEine Frau + 1 rollen
Bekijk programma, cast en crewProm 29, StravinskyWeirRavelSchoenberg, ArnoldStrauss
BBC PromsSoloist
Bekijk programma, cast en crewJessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles but refused to be limited to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, Norman was associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Cassandre and Didon by Berlioz and Bartók's Judith. The New York Times music critic Edward Rothstein described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound", and wrote that "it has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous halls." Norman trained at Howard University, the Peabody Institute, and the University of Michigan. Her career began in Europe,