She attended Howard University on a complete scholarship after executing at the Marian Anderson Vocal Competition at age group sixteen. Born in Augusta, Georgia on September 15, 1945, Jessye Norman established fact to be a soprano and executing to famous brands Wagner. She was inducted in to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and originates from a family group of musicians. Many critics have got compared her to Lotte Lehmann.Jessye Norman net worthy of: Jessye Norman can be an American Grammy Award-winning opera singer who includes a net worthy of of $3 million dollars. She’s over 36 honors and awards to her name. She graduated in 1967 with a level in music at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. She received her Master’s Degree in 1968. She earned the ARD International Music Competition in Munich a season afterwards and debuted at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Wagner’s Tannhauser. She promises motivation from performers such as for example Marian Anderson and Leontyne Cost. Norman presently lives at a secluded and personal estate in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. In the 1990a, she featured at Tchaikovsky’s 150th Birthday Gala and debuted at the Lyric Opera Home of Chicago. In 2003, a tuition-free arts college, referred to as the Jessye Norman College of Arts, was opened up in Augusta, Georgia. She made an appearance and performed at the next inauguration of President Costs Clinton in 1997. She recently published her initial Up Direct, St, Sing and memoir!, on, may 4, 2014 via Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She’s played over 37 main opera roles and provides performed over forty oratorio and orchestral parts throughout her profession. She became a founding person in Sigma Alpha Iota, the Delta Nu Chapter, in 1965.
Known for movies
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989) as Carmen
Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990) as Soprano
Jessye Norman Recital (1986) as Herself - Soprano
Symphony for the Spire (1992) as Soprano
Quick Facts
Full Name
Jessye Norman
Net Worth
$3 Million
Date Of Birth
September 15, 1945
Height
1.85 m
Profession
Opera Singer, Actor, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Education
A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School, Howard University, University of Michigan, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Nationality
American
Parents
Silas Norman, Janie King-Norman, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Awards
Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Wolf Prize in Arts, Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography, O Divine Redeemer, The Holy City, Je te veux
Movies
Jessye Norman: A Portrait, The People's Passion, Symphony for the Spire, Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Verdi: Requiem: Claudio Abbado
Interesting Facts
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Fact
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She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts on February 25, 2010 at the White House in Washington D.C. for her services and contributions to music.
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She was awarded an honorary doctorate for her services to music from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 1998 Commencement Ceremonies.
Quotes
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Quote
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[on her memoir 'Stand Up Straight and Sing'] I've made a lot of commencement speeches, 'yes, do get on with our lives and be really be good citizens' kinds of speeches. But what I really wanted to do with this book was to talk about the nurturing and nourishing that is needed - not just by people who go into the performing arts - but by all off us.
2
I would like to go to symphony orchestras in [America] and see the orchestra look more like the demographics that they're meant to serve. I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies.n
3
What I find today is that students, whether they are instrumentalists or singers, are so glued to the page, so glued to notes, they don't get that within all of that they need to make music.
4
There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true for a long time. And certainly, there are those instances when singers were told they need to fit into a certain size dress. Of course, women. Men? They just make the costumes bigger.
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[on what is on her mind whilst performing] I think about the words, I think about the characters. I think what a pleasure it is to sing some of the text that I have. I am so grateful to to be saying those words, they're so beautiful.
Pictures
Won Awards
Won awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
1993
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Performance in a Music Special or Series
Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991)
Filmography
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Christmas Glory from New York
2001
TV Movie
Soprano
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
2000
TV Series
Thunder Mountain Woman
The People's Passion
1999
TV Movie
Narrator
Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times
1996
Great Performances
1993
TV Series
Jocasta
Die Walküre
1990
TV Movie
Sieglinde
The Metropolitan Opera Presents
1983-1988
TV Series
Ariadne / Primadonna / Madame Lidoine / ...
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Restless City
2011
performer: "Four Last Songs - Im Abendrot" written by nm0006309
$3 Million
