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- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jessye Norman
- Date of Original:
- 2014-12-05
- Subject:
- Singers--Georgia--Augusta
African American singers--Georgia--Augusta
Women singers--Georgia--Augusta
African American women singers--Georgia--Augusta
Women--Georgia--Augusta
African American women--Georgia--Augusta
Sopranos (Singers)--Georgia--Augusta
Opera--Georgia--Augusta
Musicians--Georgia--Augusta
African American musicians--Georgia--Augusta
Women musicians--Georgia--Augusta
African American women musicians--Georgia--Augusta
Norman, Jessye - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Jessye Norman, an Augusta native, began her career as an opera singer in 1969 with the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Germany. She subsequently performed in Milan, Italy, and London, England, before making her debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1983.
Photograph of opera singer Jessye Norman. She smiles and looks to the side.
Norman, a native of Augusta, Georgia, is a world renowned operatic soprano. In 1997 she became the youngest recipient, at age fifty-one, of the Kennedy Center Honor and today incorporates jazz, popular music, and spirituals into her concert programs. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jessye-norman-1945-2019/m-7965/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessye_Norman#/media/File:Jessye_Norman-_In_Conversation_with_Tom_Hall_(15977754135)_(cropped).jpg
- Rights Holder:
- Walters Art Museum
Image from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jessye-norman-b-1945
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-opera
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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