
Jessye Mae Norman (Augusta, Georgia, USA, September 15, 1945 - September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Norman is associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire, and with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore. Norman has been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and is a Spingarn Medalist. Apart from receiving several honorary doctorates and other awards, she also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Meyerbeer - L'Africana: Addio, terra nativa
Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament
Les chemins de l'amour
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
African Drum Invocation
Chausson : 7 Mélodies Op.2 : VII Le colibri
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - 4. Im Abendrot
R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - 3. Beim Schlafengehen
Ave Maria
Amazing Grace
"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"
God's Gonna Cut You Down
Somewhere
Chausson : 7 Mélodies Op.2 : IV La dernière feuille
5 Wesendonk Lieder: "Im Treibhaus"
Beau soir
Je Te Veux
I Want Two Wings
Great Day
Greensleeves
Give Me Jesus
Chausson : 7 Mélodies Op.2 : II Le charme
Chausson : Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op.19 : I La fleur des eaux
Mack The Knife
Chausson : Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op.19 : II: Interlude
Chausson : Chanson perpétuelle Op.37
Mary Had A Baby
Lord, I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Chausson : 7 Mélodies Op.2 : III Les papillons
R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - 1. Frühling
Take The 'A' Train
My Baby Just Cares for Me
R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder - 2. September
Stormy Weather
There's A Man Going Round
Chausson : 7 Mélodies Op.2 : V Sérénade italienne
Gospel train
Die Nachtigall from Sieben frühe Lieder
I couldn't hear nobody pray
Do lawd, oh do Lawd
Habanera
The Summer Knows
There is a balm in Gilead
Spirituals: My Lord, what a morning
Chausson : Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op.19 : III La mort de l'amour
J'ai Deux Amours
Panis Angelicus
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
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