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Artist Biography For Jessye Norman

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 The National Medal Of Arts And Was A Member Of The British Royal Academy Of Music. Norman Was Born In Augusta Georgia To Silas Norman An Insurance Salesman And Janie King-Norman A Schoolteacher. She Was One Of Five Children In A Family Of Amateur Musicians Her Mother And Grandmother Were Both Pianists And Her Father Sang In A Local Choir. Norman's Mother Insisted That She Start Piano Lessons At An Early Age. Norman Attended Charles T. Walker Elementary School A.R. Johnson Junior High School And Lucy C. Laney Senior High School All In Downtown Augusta. Norman Proved To Be A Talented Singer As A Young Child Singing Gospel Songs At Mount Calvary Baptist Church At The Age Of Four. When She Was Nine She Was Given A Radio For Her Birthday And Soon Discovered The World Of Opera Through The Weekly Broadcasts Of The Metropolitan Opera Which She Listened To Every Saturday While Cleaning Up Her Room. Norman Started Listening To Recordings Of Marian Anderson And Leontyne Price Whom Norman Credits As Inspiring Figures In Her Career. At Age 16 Norman Entered The Marian Anderson Vocal Competition In Philadelphia Which Although She Did Not Win Led To An Offer Of A Full Scholarship At Howard University In Washington D.C. 6 While At Howard She Sang In The University Chorus And As A Professional Soloist At The Lincoln Temple United Church Of Christ While Studying Voice With Carolyn Grant. In 1964 She Became A Member Of Gamma Sigma Sigma. In 1965 Along With 33 Other Female Students And Four Female Faculty She Became A Founding Member Of The Delta Nu Chapter Of Sigma Alpha Iota. In 1966 She Won The National Society Of Arts And Letters Singing Competition. After Graduating In 1967 With A Degree In Music She Began Graduate Studies At The Peabody Conservatory In Baltimore And Later At The University Of Michigan School Of Music Theatre & Dance In Ann Arbor Michigan From Which She Earned A Master's Degree In 1968. During This Time Norman Studied Voice With Elizabeth Mannion And Pierre Bernac. After Graduating Norman Like Many Young Musicians At The Time Moved To Europe To Establish Herself. In 1969 She Won The ARD International Music Competition In Munich And Landed A Three-Year Contract With The Deutsche Oper Berlin. She Made Her Operatic Début That Same Year As Elisabeth In Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser At The Deutsche Oper Berlin. Critics At The Time Described Norman As Having "the Greatest Voice Since The German Soprano Lotte Lehmann." Norman Performed With German And Italian Opera Companies Often Appearing As A Princess Or Other Noble Figures. Norman Was Exceptional At Portraying A Commanding And Noble Bearing. This Ability Was Partly Due To Her Uncommon Height And Size But Was More A Result Of Her Unique Rich And Powerful Voice. Norman's Range Was Remarkably Wide Encompassing All Female Voice Registers From Contralto To High Dramatic Soprano. In 1970 She Made Her Italian Début In Florence Italy In Handel's Deborah. In 1971 Norman Made Her Début At The Maggio Musicale In Florence Appearing As Sélika In Meyerbeer's L'Africaine. That Year She Also Sang The Role Of Countess Almaviva In Mozart's The Marriage Of Figaro At The Berlin Festival And Recorded That Role With The BBC Orchestra Under The Direction Of Colin Davis. The Recording Was A Finalist For The Montreux International Record Award Competition And Brought Norman Much Exposure To Music Listeners In Europe And The United States. 6 In 1972 Norman Debuted At La Scala Where She Sang The Title Role In Verdi's Aida And At London's Royal Opera At Covent Garden Where She Sang The Role Of Cassandra In Berlioz's Les Troyens. Norman Appeared As Aida Again In A Concert Version That Same Year In Her First Well-Publicized American Performance At The Hollywood Bowl. This Was Followed By An All-Wagner Concert At The Tanglewood Festival In Lenox Massachusetts And A Recital Tour Of The Country After Which She Went Back To Europe For Several Engagements. Norman Returned To The US Briefly To Give Her First New York City Recital As Part Of The "Great Performers" Series At Alice Tully Hall In Lincoln Center In 1973. In 1975 Norman Moved To London And Had No Staged Opera Appearances For The Next Five Years. She Remained Internationally Active As A Recitalist And Soloist In Works Such As Mendelssohn's Elijah And Franck's Les Béatitudes. Norman Returned To North America Again In 1976 And 1977 To Make An Extensive Concert Tour But It Was Not Until Many Years Later That She Would Make Her US Opera Début Or Appear Frequently In The United States. Only After Norman Had Established Herself In Europe's Leading Opera Houses And Festivals—including The Edinburgh Festival Salzburg Festival Aix-En-Provence Festival And The Stuttgart Opera—did She Set Out To Establish Herself In The United States. Norman Toured Europe Throughout The 1970s Giving Recitals Of Works By Schubert Mahler Wagner Brahms Satie Messiaen And Several Contemporary American Composers To Great Critical Acclaim. In October 1980 Norman Returned To The Operatic Stage In The Title Role Of Richard Strauss's Ariadne Auf Naxos At The Hamburg State Opera In Germany. She Made Her United States Operatic Début In 1982 With The Opera Company Of Philadelphia Appearing In Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex As Jocasta And In Purcell's Dido And Aeneas As Dido. 9 Norman Followed These With Her Début At The Metropolitan Opera In 1983 Appearing In Berlioz's Les Troyens As Both Cassandra And Dido A Production That Marked The Company's 100th-Anniversary Season. According To The Encyclopædia Britannica "By The Mid-1980s She Was One Of The Most Popular And Highly Regarded Dramatic Soprano Singers In The World." 10 She Was Invited To Sing At The Second Inauguration Of U.S. President Ronald Reagan On January 21 1985 An Invitation She Debated Accepting As An African American Citation Needed And A Democrat As Well As A Nuclear Disarmament Activist . In The End She Did Accept And Sang The Folk Song "Simple Gifts". In 1986 Norman Sang At Queen Elizabeth II's 60th Birthday Celebration. That Same Year She Appeared As A Soloist In Strauss's Four Last Songs With The Berlin Philharmonic During Its Tour Of The US. Over The Years Norman Has Not Been Afraid To Expand Her Talent Into Less Familiar Areas. In 1988 She Sang A Concert Performance Of Poulenc's One-Act Opera La Voix Humaine "The Human Voice" Based On Jean Cocteau's 1930 Play Of The Same Name. During The 1980s And Early 1990s Norman Produced Numerous Award-Winning Recordings And Many Of Her Performances Were Televised. In Addition To Opera Many Of Norman's Recordings And Performances During This Time Focused On Art Songs Lieder Oratorios And Orchestral Works. Her Interpretation Of Strauss's Four Last Songs Is Especially Acclaimed. Its Slowness Is Controversial But The Tonal Qualities Of Her Voice Are Ideal For These Final Works Of The Romantic German Lieder Tradition. Norman Is Also Known For Her Performances Of The Gurre-Lieder Of Arnold Schoenberg And For Schoenberg's One-Woman Opera Erwartung. In 1989 She Appeared At The Metropolitan Opera For A Performance Of Erwartung That Marked The Company's First Single-Character Production. It Was Presented In A Double Bill With Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle With Norman Playing Judith. Both Operas Were Broadcast Nationally. That Same Year She Was The Featured Soloist With Zubin Mehta And The New York Philharmonic Orchestra In Its Opening Concert Of Its 148th Season Which PBS Telecast Live. Norman Also Performed At The Hong Kong Cultural Center Opening And Gave A Recital At Taiwan's National Concert Hall. Also In 1989 Norman Was Invited To Sing The French National Anthem La Marseillaise To Celebrate The 200th Anniversary Of The French Revolution On July 14. Her Rendition Was Delivered At The Place De La Concorde In Paris In A Costume Designed By Azzedine Alaïa As Part Of An Elaborate Pageant Orchestrated By Avant-Garde Designer Jean-Paul Goude. This Event Was The Inspiration That Led The South African Poet Lawrence Mduduzi Ndlovu To Write A Poem Titled "I Shall Be Heard" Dedicated To Jessye Norman. The Poem Appears In Ndlovu's Book Of Poems Titled "In Quiet Realm" Whose Foreword Is Penned By Ms Norman. From The Early 1990s Norman Lived In Croton-On-Hudson New York In A Secluded Estate Known As "The White Gates" Previously Owned By Television Personality Allen Funt. In 1990 She Performed At Tchaikovsky's 150th Birthday Gala In Leningrad And Made Her Lyric Opera Of Chicago Début In The Title Role Of Gluck's Alceste. In 1991 She Sang For The 700th Celebration Party Of Swiss National Day. 1 That Same Year She Performed In A Concert Recorded Live With Lawrence Foster And The Lyon Opera Orchestra At Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral. In 1992 Norman Sang Jocasta In Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex At The Opening Operatic Production At The New Saito Kinen Festival In The Japanese Alps Near Matsumoto. In 1993 She Sang The Title Role In The Metropolitan Opera's Production Of Richard Strauss's Ariadne Auf Naxos. In 1994 Norman Sang At The Funeral Of Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In September 1995 She Was Again The Featured Soloist With The New York Philharmonic Orchestra This Time Under Kurt Masur's Direction In A Gala Concert Telecast Live On PBS Marking The Opening Of The Orchestra's 153rd Season. In 1996 Norman Gave A Highly Lauded Performance As The Title Character In The Metropolitan Opera's Premiere Production Of Janáček's The Makropulos Affair. Starting In The Mid-1990s Norman Began To Move Away From Soprano Stage Roles To Mezzo-Soprano Roles. 6 She Performed At The 1996 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony In Atlanta Singing "Faster Higher Stronger." In January 1997 She Performed At The Second Inauguration Of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Norman's 1998–99 Performances Included A Recital At Carnegie Hall In New York City Which Had An Unusual Program Incorporating The Sacred Music Of Duke Ellington Scored For Jazz Combo String Quartet And Piano And Featuring The Alvin Ailey Repertory Dance Ensemble. Other Performances During The Season Included Das Lied Von Der Erde With Seiji Ozawa And The Boston Symphony Orchestra A Television Special For Christmas Filmed In Her Home Town Of Augusta Georgia As Well As A Spring Recital Tour Which Included Performances In Tel Aviv Israel. The Following Season Also Brought Performances Of The Sacred Music Of Duke Ellington To London And Vienna Together With A Summer European Tour Which Included Performances At The Salzburg Festival. In 1999 Norman Collaborated With Choreographer-Dancer Bill T. Jones In A Project For New York City's Lincoln Center Called "How! Do! We! Do!" In 2000 She Released An Album I Was Born In Love With You Featuring The Songs Of Michel Legrand. The Recording Reviewed As A Jazz Crossover Project Featured Legrand On Piano Ron Carter On Bass And Grady Tate On Drums. In February And March 2001 Norman Was Featured At Carnegie Hall In A Three-Part Concert Series. With James Levine As Her Pianist The Concerts Were A Significant Arts Event Replete With An 80-Page Program Booklet Featuring A Newly Commissioned Watercolor Portrait Of Norman By David Hockney. In 2002 Norman Performed At The Opening Of Singapore's Esplanade – Theatres On The Bay. On June 28 2001 She And Light Lyric Coloratura Soprano Kathleen Battle Performed Vangelis's Mythodea At The Temple Of Olympian Zeus In Athens Greece. On March 11 2002 Norman Performed "America The Beautiful" At A Service Unveiling Two Monumental Columns Of Light At The Site Of The Former World Trade Center As A Memorial For The Victims Of The September 11 2001 Terrorist Attacks On New York City. In 2002 She Returned To Augusta To Announce That She Would Fund A Pilot School Of The Arts For Children In Richmond County. Classes Commenced At St. John United Methodist Church In The Fall Of 2003. In November 2004 A Documentary About Norman's Life And Work Was Created. The Film Directed By André Heller With Othmar Schmiderer As Director Of Photography And Produced By DOR-Film Of Vienna Chronicles The Music The Social And Political Issues And The Inspiration And Dreams That Combined To Make Her Unique In Her Profession. In 2006 Norman Collaborated With The Modern Dance Choreographer Trey McIntyre For A Special Performance During The Summer At The Vail Dance Festival. In March 2009 Norman Curated Honor! A Celebration Of The African-American Cultural Legacy. The Festival Honored African-American Trailblazers And Artists With Concerts Recitals Lectures Panel Discussions And Exhibitions Hosted By Carnegie Hall The Apollo Theater The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine And Other Sites Around New York City. Norman Stopped Performing Ensemble Opera Concentrating Instead On Recitals And Concerts. She Served On The Boards Of Directors For Carnegie Hall The New York Public Library The New York Botanical Garden City-Meals-On-Wheels In New York City Dance Theatre Of Harlem National Music Foundation And Elton John AIDS Foundation. She Is A Member Of The Board As Well As A National Spokesperson For The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation And Spokesperson For Partnership For The Homeless. Norman Serves On The Board Of Trustees Of Paine College And The Augusta Opera Association. In March 2013 The Apollo Theater And Manhattan School Of Music Featured Norman In Ask Your Mama A 90-Minute Multimedia Show By Laura Karpman Based On Langston Hughes's "Ask Your Mama 12 Moods For Jazz". In March 2014 Norman Was Featured At The Green Music Center Weill Hall On The Campus Of Sonoma State University In Rohnert Park Sonoma County California In A Recital Of American Standards In Tributes To The Likes Of George Gershwin Duke Ellington And Ella Fitzgerald. In April 2018 Norman Was Honored As The 12th Recipient Of The Glenn Gould Prize For Her Contribution To Opera And The Arts. In 2015 Norman Suffered A Spinal Cord Injury. She Passed Away In New York On September 30 2019 From Complications Secondary To Her Prior Injuries. In 2003 The Rachel Longstreet Foundation And Norman Partnered To Open The Jessye Norman School Of The Arts A Tuition-Free Performing Arts After-School Program For Economically Disadvantaged Students In Augusta Georgia. Norman Is Actively Involved In The Program Including Fundraisers For Its Benefit. On May 6 2014 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Published Norman's Memoir Stand Up Straight And Sing! These Are Notable Opera Roles That Norman Has Performed Some On Studio Recordings Only. Aida Aida Verdi Alceste Alceste Gluck Antonia The Tales Of Hoffmann Offenbach Ariadne Ariadne Auf Naxos Richard Strauss Armida Armida Haydn Arminda Die Gärtnerin Aus Liebe Mozart Carmen Carmen Bizet Cassandre Les Troyens Berlioz Countess Almaviva The Marriage Of Figaro Mozart Dido Dido And Aeneas Purcell Didon Les Troyens Berlioz Donna Elvira Don Giovanni Mozart Elisabeth Tannhäuser Wagner Elle La Voix Humaine Poulenc Elsa Lohengrin Wagner Emilia Marty The Makropulos Affair Janáček Euryanthe Euryanthe Carl Maria Von Weber Giulietta The Tales Of Hoffmann Offenbach Hélène La Belle Hélène Offenbach Idamante Idomeneo Mozart Isolde Tristan Und Isolde Wagner Act II In Concert Jocasta Oedipus Rex Stravinsky Judith Bluebeard's Castle Bartók Kundry Parsifal Wagner Giulietta Di Kelbar Un Giorno Di Regno Verdi Leonore Fidelio Beethoven Madame Lidoine Dialogues Of The Carmelites Poulenc Marguerite La Damnation De Faust Berlioz Medora Il Corsaro Verdi Pénélope Pénélope Fauré Phedra Hippolyte Et Aricie Rameau Rosina La Vera Costanza Haydn Salome Salome Richard Strauss Salome Hérodiade Massenet Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni Sélica L'Africaine Meyerbeer Sieglinde Die Walküre Wagner Third Norn Götterdämmerung Wagner Woman Erwartung Schoenberg Oratorio And Orchestral Parts Performed
These Are Among The Notable Oratorio And Orchestral Parts That Norman Has Performed Some On Studio Recordings Only. 6 Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Alban Berg "Der Wein" Alban Berg Sieben Frühe Lieder Altenberg Lieder Jugendlieder Berlioz Les Nuits D'été Berlioz La Mort De Cléopâtre Cléopâtre Berlioz Romeo Et Juliette Soloist Brahms Lieder Brahms A German Requiem Brahms Alto Rhapsody Bruckner Te Deum And Helgoland And 150 Psalm Chausson Poème De L'amour Et De La Mer Op. 19 Chausson Chanson Perpétuelle Op. 37 Debussy L'Enfant Prodigue And La Damoiselle Élue Henri Duparc Mélodies César Franck Les Béatitudes Oratorio Handel Deborah Deborah Mahler Das Lied Von Der Erde Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn Mahler Songs Of A Wayfarer. Mahler Kindertotenlieder. Mahler Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" Soloist Mahler Symphony No. 3 Soloist Poulenc Mélodies Ravel Shéhérazade Ravel Deux Mélodies Hébraïques Ravel Chansons Madécasses Satie Mélodies Schoenberg Brettl-Lieder Schoenberg Erwartung Schoenberg Gurrelieder Schubert Lieder Schubert Erlkönig Schumann Frauenliebe Und Leben Op. 42 Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39 R. Strauss Four Last Songs Philips 1983 . R. Strauss Lieder With Piano Tippett A Child Of Our Time Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Verdi Requiem Hugo Wolf Lieder Concert And Recital Work
Throughout Her Career Norman Has Spent Much Of Her Time Giving Recitals And Concerts Encompassing The Classical German Repertory As Well As Contemporary Masterpieces Such As Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder And The French Moderns Which She Invariably Performs In The Original Tongue. This Combination Of Scholarship And Artistry Contributed To Her Consistently Successful Career As One Of The Most Versatile Concert And Operatic Singers Of Her Time. Often Cited For Her Innovative Programming And Fervent Advocacy Of Contemporary Music She Has Earned Recognition As "one Of Those Once-In-A-Generation Singers Who Isn't Simply Following In The Footsteps Of Others But Is Staking Out Her Own Niche In The History Of Singing." Norman Premiered The Song Cycle Woman.Life.Song By Composer Judith Weir A Work Commissioned For Her By Carnegie Hall With Texts By Toni Morrison Maya Angelou And Clarissa Pinkola Estés Performed A Selection Of Sacred Music Of Duke Ellington Recorded A Jazz Album Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand And Was The Soprano Co-Lead In Vangelis's Project Mythodea. In Moscow Norman Performed Songs Of Mussorgsky In The Original Russian. Other Projects Have Included Her 1984 Album With A Song In My Heart Which Contains Numbers From Films And Musical Comedies And A 1990 Performance Of American Spirituals With Soprano Kathleen Battle At Carnegie Hall. Norman Is Most Often Considered A Dramatic Soprano But Unlike Most Dramatic Sopranos She Became Known For Roles More Traditionally Sung By Other Types Of Voices. From Her Student Days Norman Was Selective About Her Repertoire Heeding Her Own Instincts And Interests More Than The Advice Of Her Teachers Or Requests Of Her Management. In The Beginning Of Her Career This Tendency Put Her At Odds With The Deutsche Oper And Compelled Her To Seek Out Musical Works On Her Own That She Felt Better Suited Her. Norman Told John Gruen Of The New York Times "As For My Voice It Cannot Be Categorized—and I Like It That Way Because I Sing Things That Would Be Considered In The Dramatic Mezzo Or Spinto Range. I Like So Many Different Kinds Of Music That I've Never Allowed Myself The Limitations Of One Particular Range." Some Vocal Critics Say That Norman Was Not A Dramatic Soprano But In Fact Has A Rare Soprano Voice Type Known As A Falcon. The Falcon Voice Is Closer To A Mezzo-Soprano Timbre But Closer To A Dramatic Soprano Tessitura. Falcon Roles Specifically Refer To Parts Written To Be Sung By Sopranos Instead Of Mezzos As Was Written For Falcon. The Roles Are Thus Often Sung By Lyric Mezzos. This Mix Of Sound Is Why Many Fans Conductors And Critics Unhesitatingly Refer To Her As A Soprano Or A Mezzo. At Age 23 When Asked By An Interviewer In Germany How She Would Characterize Her Voice She Replied That "pigeonholes Are Only Comfortable For Pigeons." Over The Years Norman's Technical Expertise Was Among Her Most Critically Praised Attributes. In A Review Of One Of Her Recitals At New York City's Carnegie Hall New York Times Contributor Allen Hughes Wrote That Norman "has One Of The Most Opulent Voices Before The Public Today And As Discriminating Listeners Are Aware Her Performances Are Backed By Extraordinary Preparation Both Musical And Otherwise." Another Carnegie Hall Appearance Prompted These Words From New York Times Contributor Bernard Holland "If One Added Up All The Things That Jessye Norman Does Well As A Singer The Total Would Assuredly Exceed That Of Any Other Soprano Before The Public. At Miss Norman's Recital ... Tones Were Produced Colors Manipulated Words Projected And Interpretive Points Made—all With Fanatic Finesse." Honors And Awards
National Society Of Arts And Letters Singing Competition 1966 First Prize At The ARD International Music Competition In Munich 1968 Gramophone Award For Her Recording Of Strauss' Four Last Songs 1982 Musical America Magazine's Musician Of The Year.
Honorary Doctorate From Howard University 1982 Honorary Doctorate From The Boston Conservatory Of Music And The University Of The South 1984 Grammy Award For Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance For "Ravel Songs Of Maurice Ravel" 1984 Commandeur De L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres France 1984 France's National Museum Of Natural History Named An Orchid For Her 1984 Grammy Award For Best Opera Recording For "Wagner Lohengrin" 1988 Grammy Award For Best Opera Recording For "Wagner Die Walkuere" 1989 Légion D'honneur France 1989 Honorary Ambassador To The United Nations By UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez De Cuéllar 1990 Honorary Doctor In Music From Juilliard School Of Music 1990 Norman's Home Town Augusta Georgia Dedicated Riverwalk Augusta's Amphitheater Named In Her Honor 1991 Austrian Cross Of Honour For Science And Art 1st Class 1995 Norman Was A Featured Performer During The Opening Ceremonies Of The 1996 Summer Olympic Games In Atlanta Georgia
Winner Of The 1997 Radcliffe Medal Presented Annually By The Radcliffe College Alumnae Association To Honor Individuals Whose Lives And Work Have Had A Significant Impact On Society.
Norman Was Honored By New York's Associated Black Charities At The 11th Annual Black History Makers Awards Dinner For Her Contributions To The Arts And To African-American Culture March 1997 Kennedy Center Honors Youngest Recipient In The Honors' 20-Year Existence December 1997 Grammy Award For Best Opera Recording For "Bartók Bluebeard's Castle" 1998 Honorary Doctorate From Harvard University 1998 Georgia Music Hall Of Fame 1999 Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal For Her Work In The Fight Against Lupus Breast Cancer AIDS And Hunger 2000 Outstanding Alumnae By Howard University 2000 Inducted Into The American Classical Music Hall Of Fame 2002 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2006 National Medal Of Arts 2009 Member Of The Royal Academy Of Music
Awarded France's Grand Prix Du Disque For Albums Of Lieder By Wagner Schumann Mahler And Schubert.
Won Amsterdam's Edison Award And Recording Honors In Belgium Spain And Germany. Citation Needed She Was Winner Of An Ace Award From The National Cable Television Association For "Jessye Norman At Notre Dame."
2010 National Medal Of Arts Presented By President Barack Obama In A Ceremony At The White House In February 2010.
2011 Honorary Doctorate Degrees From The Manhattan School Of Music And Northwestern University In June 2011.
Jessye Norman Has Received Honorary Doctorates From More Than 30 Colleges Universities And Conservatories Including Jesus College Cambridge The Manhattan School Of Music University Of Michigan Yale University Northwestern University And Brandeis University.
2013 Spingarn Award From The NAACP.
2015 Wolf Prize In Arts With Murray Perahia 2018 12th Glenn Gould Prize From The Glenn Gould Foundation
2018 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Discography
Opera
Bartók Bluebeard's Castle A Kékszakállú Herceg Vára Sz. 48 Op. 11 Judith Cond. Pierre Boulez With László Polgár Live 1993 Deutsche Grammophon Beethoven Fidelio Leonore Cond. Bernard Haitink Philips Bizet Carmen Carmen Cond. Seiji Ozawa With Neil Shicoff And Mirella Freni Philips Debussy L'Enfant Prodigue Lia Cond. Gary Bertini With José Carreras And Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Orfeo Fauré Pénélope Pénélope Cond. Charles Dutoit With Alain Vanzo And José Van Dam Erato Gluck Alceste Alceste Cond. Serge Baudo With Nicolai Gedda And Siegmund Nimsgern Orfeo Haydn Armida Armida Cond. Antal Dorati Philips Haydn La Vera Costanza Rosina Cond. Antal Dorati Philips Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Santuzza Cond. Semyon Bychkov With Dmitri Hvorostovski Philips Meyerbeer L'Africaine Sélica Cond. Riccardo Muti Live In Florence 1971 Opera D'oro Mozart Idomeneo Idamante Cond. Colin Davis With Heather Harper And Nicolai Gedda Live In Rome 25 March 1971 Opera D'oro Mozart Die Gärtnerin Aus Liebe German Version Allemande Of La Finta Giardiniera Arminda Cond. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt With Helen Donath Werner Hollweg Ileana Cotrubas Hermann Prey And Tatiana Troyanos Philips Mozart Le Nozze Di Figaro Countess Cond. Colin Davis With Mirella Freni Philips Offenbach La Belle Hélène Hélène Cond. Michel Plasson With Gabriel Bacquier And Jean-Philippe Lafont EMI Offenbach Les Contes D'Hoffmann Giulietta Cond. Sylvain Cambreling With Neil Shicoff And José Van Dam EMI Offenbach Les Contes D'Hoffmann Antonia Cond. Jeffrey Tate With Anne-Sofie Von Otter Francisco Araiza Samuel Ramey And Cheryl Studer Philips Purcell Dido And Aeneas Dido Cond. Raymond Leppard Philips Schoenberg Erwartung Cond. James Levine Philips Strauss Ariadne Auf Naxos Primadonna/Ariadne Cond. Kurt Masur With Julia Varady Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edita Gruberova Philips Strauss Salome Salome Cond. Seiji Ozawa With James Morris Philips Strauss Elektra Elektra Cond. Claudio Abbado With Cheryl Studer Helga Dernesch Victor Braun Vienna Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon - Unreleased To Date Stravinski Œdipus Rex Jocaste Cond. Seiji Ozawa With Peter Schreier Bryn Terfel And Georges Wilson Narrator Philips Stravinski Œdipus Rex Jocaste Cond. Colin Davis With Thomas Moser Siegmund Nimsgern And Michel Piccoli Narrator Orfeo Verdi Il Corsaro Medora Cond. Lamberto Gardelli With Montserrat Caballé And José Carreras Philips Verdi Un Giorno Di Regno Giulietta Cond. Lamberto Gardelli With Fiorenza Cossotto And José Carreras Philips Verdi Aida Aida Cond. Nino Sanzogno With Fiorenza Cossotto Live Paris 1973 - Opera D'oro Wagner Isoldes Liebestod Cond. Herbert Von Karajan Live Salzburg 1987 - Deutsche Grammophon Wagner Opera Scenes Tristan Und Isolde- Prelude And Liebestode Tannhäuser-Elisabeth Extr. Acts II & III The Flying Dutchman- Extr. Act II Götterdämmerung- Final Scene Cond. Klaus Tennstedt EMI Wagner Lohengrin Elsa Cond. Georg Solti With Placido Domingo Decca Wagner Die Walküre Sieglinde Cond. James Levine With Gary Lakes James Morris Hildegard Behrens And Christa Ludwig Deutsche Grammophon Wagner Die Walküre Sieglinde Cond. Marek Janowski With Siegfried Jerusalem Kurt Moll And Theo Adam RCA Wagner Parsifal Kundry Cond. James Levine With Placido Domingo Deutsche Grammophon Weber Euryanthe Euryanthe Cond. Marek Janowski With Nicolai Gedda Berlin Classics Lieder Songs
Berg Sieben Frühe Lieder Altenberg Lieder London Symphony Orchestra Cond. Pierre Boulez — Jugendlieder Zwei Lieder Ann Schein Piano Sony Berg Der Wein New York Philharmonic Cond. Pierre Boulez Sony Berlioz Cléopâtre Orchestre De Paris Cond. Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon Berlioz Les Nuits D'été London Symphony Orchestra Cond. Colin Davis Philips Berlioz Roméo Et Juliette Philadelphia Orchestra Cond. Riccardo Muti EMI Brahms Lieder Piano Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon Brahms Lieder Piano Geoffrey Parsons Philips Brahms Rhapsodie Pour Alto Philadelphia Orchestra Cond. Riccardo Muti Philips Chausson Poème De L'amour Et De La Mer Chanson Perpétuelle Mélodies Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Cond. Armin Jordan Piano Michel Dalberto Erato Duparc Mélodies Piano Dalton Baldwin In Les Chemins De L'amour Philips Mahler Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen Berliner Philharmoniker Cond. Bernard Haitink Philips Mahler Kindertotenlieder Boston Symphony Orchestra Cond. Seiji Ozawa Philips Mahler Das Lied Von Der Erde London Symphony Orchestra Cond. Colin Davis With Jon Vickers Philips Mahler Das Lied Von Der Erde Berliner Philharmoniker Cond. James Levine With Siegfried Jerusalem Deutsche Grammophon Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Cond. Bernard Haitink With John Shirley-Quirk Philips Mahler Lieder Piano Irwin Gage In Schubert/Mahler Philips Poulenc La Fraîcheur Et Le Feu Tu Vois Le Feu Du Soir Piano Irwin Gage EMI Poulenc Voyage À Paris Montparnasse La Grenouillère Les Chemins De L'amour Piano Dalton Baldwin In Les Chemins De L'amour Philips Ravel Shéhérazade London Symphony Orchestra Cond. Colin Davis Philips Ravel Chansons Madécasses Membres De L'Ensemble Intercontemporain Cond. Pierre Boulez Sony Ravel Chansons Madécasses Chanson Du Rouet Piano Dalton Baldwin Cello Renaud Fontanarosa Flute Michel Debost EMI Ravel Deux Mélodies Hébraïques Piano Dalton Baldwin In Les Chemins De L'amour Philips Satie La Statue De Bronze Daphénéo Le Chapelier Je Te Veux Piano Dalton Baldwin In Les Chemins De L'amour Philips Schoenberg Brettl-Lieder Piano James Levine Philips Schoenberg Gurrelieder Tove Boston Symphony Orchestra Cond. Seiji Ozawa With Tatiana Troyanos And James McCracken Philips Schoenberg Lied Der Waldtaube Ensemble Intercontemporain Cond. Pierre Boulez Sony Schubert Lieder Piano Phillip Moll Philips Schubert Lieder Piano Irwin Gage In Schubert/Mahler Philips Schumann Frauenliebe Und Leben Liederkreis Op. 39 Piano Irwin Gage Philips Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder And Other Lieder With Orchestra Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Cond. Kurt Masur Philips Strauss Lieder Piano Geoffrey Parsons Philips Wagner Wesendonck Lieder And Isoldes Liebestod London Symphony Orchestra Cond. Colin Davis Philips Wagner Wesendonck Lieder BBC Symphony Orchestra Cond. Pierre Boulez Live Londres BBC Proms 1974 - Gala Wagner Two Wesendonck Lieder "Schmerzen" Et "Träume" BBC Symphony Orchestra Cond. Colin Davis Live London Royal Albert Hall 1972 Included In The CD The Last Night Of The Proms Philips Wagner Wesendonck Lieder Piano Irwin Gage EMI Schubert/Mahler Lieder Piano Irwin Gage Philips Les Chemins De L'amour Duparc Ravel Poulenc Satie Piano Dalton Baldwin Philips Tchaikovsky Gala In Leningrad Cond. Yuri Temirkanov With Itzhak Perlman And Yo-Yo Ma Chansons Françaises Op. 65 N 1 "Sérénade" & 6 "Rondel" "Adieu Forêts" Extr. De La Pucelle D'Orléans Live Leningrad 1990 - RCA Jessye Norman Edinburgh International Festival 1972 Brahms Ravel Schubert Strauss Arkadia An Evening With Jessye Norman Purcell Wagner-Wesendonck Lieder Mahler-Rückert Lieder Ravel-Mélodies Hébraïques Spitituals Wolf Debussy Piano Irwin Gage Non Mentionné Sur Le Cd Live Années 70 - Opera D'oro Live At Hohenems 1987 Haendel Schumann Schubert Brahms Strauss Spirituals Piano Geoffrey Parsons Philips Jessye Norman Live - Geoffrey Parsons 1987 Haydn Haendel Berg Mahler Strauss Spirituals Ravel Philips Salzburg Recital 1990 Beethoven Hugo Wolf Debussy Piano James Levine Philips La Marseillaise Dir. Semyon Bychkov Philips 1989 Bicentenaire De La Révolution Française Symphonies Masses Oratorios
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