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Jessye Mae Norman is 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 has also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Medal of Arts, and is a member of the British Royal Academy of Music.

✵ 15. September 1945 – 30. September 2019
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“Herbert von Karajan always rolled out a magic carpet for us, the singers. With him, our musical work took on another dimension.”

Quoted in Hohn Rockwell (1989) " Herbert von Karajan Is Dead; Musical Perfectionist Was 81 http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/17/obituaries/herbert-von-karajan-is-dead-musical-perfectionist-was-81.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" in New York Times, July 17, 1989

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