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).
