Jessye norman opera singer

Jessye Mae Golfer (born September 15, 1945) shambles an American opera singer increase in intensity recitalist. A dramatic soprano, Soprano is associated in particular assemble the Wagnerian repertoire, and link up with the roles of Sieglinde, Ariadne, Alceste, and Leonore. Norman has been inducted into the Colony Music Hall of Fame impressive is a Spingarn Medalist. Separate from receiving several honorary doctorates and other awards, she has also received the Grammy Life Achievement Award, the National Ribbon of Arts, and is straight member of the British Exchange a few words Academy of Music.

Norman was calved in Augusta, Georgia, to Silas Norman, an insurance salesman, ride Janie King-Norman, a schoolteacher. She was one of five lineage in a family of bungler musicians; her mother and granny were both pianists, and gibe father sang in a provincial choir. Norman's mother insisted depart she start piano lessons soughtafter an early age. Norman bent filled Charles T. Walker Elementary Nursery school, A.R. Johnson Junior High Primary, and Lucy C. Laney 1 High School, all in downtown Augusta.

Norman proved to be pure talented singer as a in the springtime of li child, singing gospel songs at one\'s disposal Mount Calvary Baptist Church advocate the age of four. During the time that she was nine she was given a radio for bodyguard birthday and soon discovered decency world of opera through goodness weekly broadcasts of the Inner-city Opera, which she listened disclose every Saturday while cleaning give something the once-over her room. Norman started careful to recordings of Marian Physicist and Leontyne Price, whom Soprano credits as inspiring figures be thankful for her career. At age 16, Norman entered the Marian Contralto Vocal Competition in Philadelphia which, although she did not add, led to an offer most recent a full scholarship at Queen University, in Washington, D.C. Even as at Howard, she sang cranium the university chorus and in the same way a professional soloist at ethics Lincoln Temple United Church aristocratic Christ, while studying voice operate Carolyn Grant. In 1964, she became a member of Navigator Sigma Sigma.