Soprano Jessye Norman — incomparable, multi-talented, multilingual — offers a devastating collection of songs which she describes as a “journey from the drums of Africa to the New World ...

Soprano Jessye Norman's new CD, Roots: My Life, My Song was recorded in front of a live audience in Berlin. It features her take on jazz and gospel standards. hide caption ...

She's best known for singing arias on opera stages the world over, but Norman's new CD finds her in front of a live audience, singing jazz and spirituals. Hear the celebrated soprano talk about ...

Soprano Jessye Norman's new CD, Roots: My Life, My Song was recorded in front of a live audience in Berlin. It features her take on jazz and gospel standards. The effervescent Jessye Norman is one ...

Shortly after 9 /11, Jessye Norman was scheduled to sing Schubert’s solemn song cycle “Die Winterreisse ” (Winter’s Journey) staged by Robert Wilson in Paris. She called the… ...

The set is the first collection of new or previously unheard music by Norman released since 2010. The recordings span nearly 10 years, from 1989 to 1998, and cover both familiar ground — Richard ...

By Jessye Norman Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 316 pages, $27 By Mary Kunz Goldman News BOOK REVIEWER Even in the impressive pantheon of opera divas, Jessye Jessye Norman looks back on a life lived in ...

With an international career that spans four decades, Jessye Norman is a long way from her childhood in a supportive, education-minded family in Augusta, Ga., singing in the church choir. It’s ...

Give Jessye Norman credit for her willingness to keep expanding her recital repertory, even at the risk of confounding the expectations of her loyal public. Friday night at Orchestra Hall, the grea… ...

Jessye Norman Was a Diva, in the Best Way The great soprano, who died on Monday at 74, had a regal, even haughty presence, but also vocal charisma to spare. Share full article ...

Stand Up Straight and Sing! By Jessye Norman Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 316 pages, $27 By Mary Kunz Goldman News BOOK REVIEWER Even in the impressive pantheon of opera divas, Jessye ...