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Jessye Norman

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I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.


— Jessye Norman


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I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.


— Jessye Norman


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I'm dying always.


— Jessye Norman


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Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.


— Jessye Norman


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About Jessye Norman






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2010 National Medal of Arts presented by President by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at The White House in February 2010. Early career (1969–1979)
After graduating Norman like many young musicians at the time moved to Europe to establish herself. At the age of twenty-three when asked by an interviewer in Germany how Jessye Norman would characterize her voice Jessye Norman replied that "pigeonholes are only comfortable for pigeons.

A dramatic soprano Norman is associated in particular with the Wagnerian repertoire and with the roles of Sieglinde Ariadne Alceste and Leonore. Norman is a contemporary opera singer and recitalist and is a successful performer of classical music.

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