Season 6 · 23 Oct 2019#6.1 • The Logic of the Subject • season 6 / 2019-20- 2:28A great soprano recently deceased, the only one to have sung the death of Isolde while respecting Wagner's pianissimos; a diva scrupulous toward the orchestra.
Jessye Norman
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Who is this?Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but did not limit herself to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, Norman was associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Berlioz's Cassandre and Didon, and Bartók's Judith. The New York Times music critic Edward Rothstein described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound" that "has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. […]
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Season 6 · 23 Oct 2019#6.1 • The Logic of the Subject • season 6 / 2019-20