Jessye Norman

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• Jessye Norman's interview on Hardtalk was so inspiring. Born in the segregated South she didn't let her place in society disillusion her. -- Sincerae of the East
• IMO looks shouldn't matter at all for opera - the singing is enough for suspension of belief (as Jessye Norman says in previous comment link). -- Notung
• "We don't really allow ourselves to have a real, honest, open conversation as is so needed." Jessye Norman on on race issues -- Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo
• Watching Jessye Norman on Hard Talk rn - "I don't sing in languages I don't speak..." Omg. & sheesh, her critique of critics is sublime. -- Saida
• Jessye Norman's BBC interview is PRICELESS. "Well, they might write it, but darling, but I don't read it. I don't need it." -- Kevin
• Watching an interview with opera singer Jessye Norman on BBC Hardtalk. Fascinating. Her speech and philosophy is equally as compelling as... -- Debbie Elicksen
• "Segregation was (and still is) stupid, foolish and useless.", says Jessye Norman. -- O'Neal
• The interviewer on the BBC is asking Jessye Norman ridiculous questions. I admire her patience. -- Iris M. Gross
• Interview w/ great Jessye Norman on RIGHT NOW on BBC World Service. Very non-condescending, for once. The woman is an inspiration. -- Theresa Muir
• I was reading The Great Jessye Norman's autobio yesterday -- omg she has gone thru a lot! & she is still 1 of the greatest operatic voices -- Yana Trecel
• Casting for Carry On Karajan. Hattie Jaques as Jessye Norman, Bernard Bresslaw as Furtwangler, so far. -- Rufus Stilgoe
• FT: Tell us what your favourite book is to win tickets to see opera star Jessye Norman discuss her life and work at on March -- Investing Insight
• Tell us what your favourite book is to win tickets to see opera star Jessye Norman discuss her life and work at on March 27 -- Financial Times
• Jessye Norman? Really? How about Mae Carol Jemison? Sojourner Truth? -- Culture of Truth
• Jessye Norman said that the National Anthem is "un-singable". Okay, that was Jessye Norman. So, Im confused as to how Ciara is singing it. -- Marvelous Sugar Baby
• On the bus, listening to Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, conducted by Pierre Boulez and she is so bloody brilliant in it! Mental!!! -- Petar Miloshevski
• Jessye Norman hollers, ok?! I love her so much. -- Olivier Pope
• "It is really a great gift to know that it was possible for my ancestors to find a way to sing themselves through the horror." Jessye Norman -- [in] Vince Wil.
• Jessye Norman's voice is indescribably beautiful. And that is all. -- Rebecca Crankshaw
• Monday commute-track: Strauss Four Last Songs, sung by the spine-tinglingly wonderful Jessye Norman. -- Suzanne Wheatley
• Jessye Norman, soprano; Lorin Maazel, Wiener Philharmoniker - Mahler: Symphony No. 2--4th Movement on New England Classical! -- NewEnglandClassical
• I'm watching Jessye Norman sing "Belle nuit ô nuit d'amour" from Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. It's quite something. -- Marcel Frédéric S.
• I can't get enough of Jessye Norman. -- Marvin Angelo Oloris
• Jessye Norman. Pros vizinhos ouvirem! -- Guise
• Wagner: Lohengrin - Act 1: Prelude - Plácido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Etc.; Georg Solti: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State -- アツコタイガー
• I really love and respect Jessye Norman -- ya girl J
• Currently listening to Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle sing Spirituals. The versatility of a classical voice being shown once more! -- Luke TW Scott
• "We are dropping soft love bombs when no one else is looking." -- Jessye Norman -- Ryan Brazell
• Honest question does anyone know who she is ? -- Amelia is my insp.
• One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. - Jessye Norman -- Justin M. Gilmore
• Excuse me, Jessye Norman. -- mark
• Problems arise in that 1 has 2 find a balance between what people need from u + what you need for yourself --Jessye Norman -- Jess K.
• "Fruhling (Hesse)" by Jessye Norman on BBC Radio 2 ( -- Airplay Ninja
• Fruhling (Hesse) - by Jessye Norman -- Now on BBC R2 (Fan)
• Pigeonholes are only comfortable for pigeons. -- Jessye Norman -- Denis Lavant
• Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself- Jessye Norman. -- Adeyemi
• Abt to go visit family; got a ton of good thinking done whn parents visited. Was thinking then abt chptrs on Annie Dillard & Jessye Norman + -- Jill Anderson
• The Jessye Norman & Kathleen Battle concert gives me life -- Sir McMasters
• Gonna practice Erlkönig which also has been sung by Jessye Norman. no big deal. *gulp* -- SHERlocked
• Jessye Norman was staring at that crowd like, I am about to fuck this up! -- Dovë Söâp
• Fucking hell, jessye norman is so incredible and awesome and sdfgudsfghjdf -- fox the cavalry
• Ok it's four days later and i have officially determined that my sexuality is Jessye Norman singing "The Holly and the Ivy" -- James Holod Kennedy
• This is why we do Print On Demand at to bring you Jessye Norman singing Billy Joel -- Kathey Harris
• Jessye Norman chante à Aix-en-Provence ce soir et je pars à Bruxelles -- Philippe[s] Escalier
• Listening to the mighty Jessye Norman singing Wagner's Wesendonk-Lieder. Bliss.. complete bliss. -- Ella de Jongh
• Am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset. - Jessye Norman -- Nelvingucilatar
• I'm sort of obsessed with the way Jessye Norman handles her "r"s when singing auf deutsch. -- Elizabeth Smith
• Came home & instead of TV slid Coltrane in the Bose. Feeling betta. On meds, so no wine. Inserted Jessye Norman & Kathy Battle. -- Vaughan Danvers
• It's actually heartbreaking. jessye norman is the only one who makes me feel as much as he does with this and he's no opera singer. -- araminta's sh0tgun
• Omg Kathleen battle and Jessye Norman sprirituals in concert has me so happy right now!!!!! -- Maurice Chunn

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