United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.974842014-12-05Jessye 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jessye-norman-b-1945http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-operaForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jessye-norman-b-1945http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-operaForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSingers--Georgia--AugustaAfrican American singers--Georgia--AugustaWomen singers--Georgia--AugustaAfrican American women singers--Georgia--AugustaWomen--Georgia--AugustaAfrican American women--Georgia--AugustaSopranos (Singers)--Georgia--AugustaOpera--Georgia--AugustaMusicians--Georgia--AugustaAfrican American musicians--Georgia--AugustaWomen musicians--Georgia--AugustaAfrican American women musicians--Georgia--AugustaNorman, JessyeJessye NormanStillImage