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      • The celebrated African American soprano Jessye Norman died Monday in New York at the age of 74. Norman sang more than 80 times at the Metropolitan Opera and performed in opera houses around the world. She won four Grammy awards for her recordings and another for lifetime achievement and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2009.
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      Remembering Celebrated Operatic Soprano Jessye Norman

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    Sep 30, 2019 · Jessye Norman, the majestic American soprano who brought a sumptuous, shimmering voice to a broad range of roles at the Metropolitan Opera and houses around the world, died on Monday in New...

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    She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but did not limit herself 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, Berlioz's Cassandre and Didon, and Bartók's Judith.

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    Oct 1, 2019 · Listen to classic renditions of Strauss, Wagner and others by the American soprano, who died on Monday at 74.

  7. www.nytimes.com › music › jessye-norman-deadJessye Norman Was a Diva, in the Best Way - The New York Times

    Oct 1, 2019 · To understand the crucial difference you had only to hear the soprano Jessye Norman in the early 1980s, during the prime years of her storied career.

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  8. www.newyorker.com › culture › postscriptThe Shimmering Magnificence of Jessye Norman - The New Yorker

    Oct 3, 2019 · Norman, who died on Monday, at the age of seventy-four, is herself an object of disbelieving awe—a phenomenon over which singers of the future can wonder and weep. In her prime, she let loose...

  9. www.npr.org › 2014/05/04 › 308617841The 'Marvelous Living' Of Soprano Jessye Norman : NPR

    May 4, 2014 · When it comes to singers, there have been few voices considered as majestic as soprano Jessye Norman 's. The celebrated opera singer from Augusta, Ga. has meticulously built a career on her...

  10. www.npr.org › 2019/10/04 › 767167014Remembering Celebrated Operatic Soprano Jessye Norman

    Oct 4, 2019 · The celebrated African American soprano Jessye Norman died Monday in New York at the age of 74. Norman sang more than 80 times at the Metropolitan Opera and performed in opera houses around...