Jessye Norman |

Jessie Norman

Umculi waseMelika we-operatic kanye negumbi (soprano). Ngemva kokuphothula eNyuvesi yaseMichigan ngeziqu ze-masters emculweni, uNorman uchithe ihlobo ngokuzimisela elungiselela uMqhudelwano Womculo Wamazwe Ngamazwe eMunich (1968). Khona-ke, njengamanje, indlela eya e-Olympus ye-operatic yaqala eYurophu. Wawina, abagxeki bambiza ngesoprano enkulu kunawo wonke kusukela uLotte Lehmann, futhi izipesheli ezivela kumathiyetha omculo aseYurophu zamthela njenge-cornucopia.

Ngo-1969 waqala ukubonakala eBerlin njengo-Elisabeth (Wagner's Tannhäuser), ngo-1972 eLa Scala njengo-Aida (u-Verdi's Aida) naseCovent Garden njengoCassandra (iTrojans yaseBerlioz). Ezinye izingxenye ze-opera zihlanganisa uCarmen (uCarmen ka-Bizet), u-Ariadne (u-Ariadne auf Naxos ka-R. Strauss), uSalome (u-R. Strauss's Salome), u-Jocasta (i-Oedipus Rex ka-Stravinsky).

Kusukela maphakathi nawo-1970, udlale amakhonsathi isikhathi esithile kuphela, wabe esebuyela esiteji se-opera futhi ngo-1980 njengo-Ariadne e-Ariadne auf Naxos kaRichard Strauss eStaatsoper Hamburg. Ngo-1982, waqala ukudlala esiteji se-opera yaseMelika e-Philadelphia - ngaphambi kwalokho, umculi omnyama wayenikeza izinkambo zekhonsathi kuphela ezweni lakubo. Ukuqala kukaNorman okwase kukudala elindelwe kuMetropolitan Opera kwenzeka ngo-1983 eDilogy kaBerlioz Les Troyens, ezingxenyeni ezimbili, uCassandra noDido. Umlingani kaJesse ngaleso sikhathi kwakunguPlacido Domingo, futhi ukukhiqizwa kwaba yimpumelelo enkulu. Endaweni efanayo, eMet, uNorman ngemuva kwalokho wenza kahle kakhulu iSieglinde kuRichard Wagner's Valkyrie. Le Der Ring des Nibelungen eqhutshwa ngu-J. Levine yaqoshwa, kanjalo ne-Wagner's Parsifal, lapho u-Jessie Norman acula khona ingxenye ye-Kundry. Ngokuvamile, u-Wagner, kanye no-Mahler no-R. Strauss, bebelokhu benza isisekelo se-opera ka-Jesse Norman ne-repertoire yekhonsathi.

Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XXI, uJessie Norman wayengomunye wabaculi abaguquguqukayo, abadumile nabakhokhelwa kakhulu. Wayehlala ebonisa amakhono agqamile okucula, umculo ocolisisiwe kanye nomuzwa wesitayela. I-repertoire yakhe yayihlanganisa i-chamber ecebile kakhulu kanye ne-vocal-symphonic repertoire kusukela ku-Bach no-Schubert kuya ku-Mahler, Schoenberg ("Izingoma zikaGurre"), u-Berg noGershwin. UNorman uphinde waqopha ama-CD amaningana ezingoma zomoya kanye nezingoma ezidumile zaseMelika kanye nezesiFulentshi. Okurekhodiwe kufaka phakathi izingxenye ze-Armida ku-opera kaHaydn enegama elifanayo (dir. Dorati, Philips), Ariadne (ividiyo, dir. Levine, Deutsche Grammophon).

Imiklomelo eminingi kaJesse Norman kanye nemiklomelo ihlanganisa iziqu zobudokotela ezihlonishwayo ezingaphezu kwamashumi amathathu ezivela emakolishi, amanyuvesi kanye nezindawo zokugcinwa kwemvelo emhlabeni jikelele. Uhulumeni waseFrance wamnika isihloko sokuba uMkhuzi we-Order of Arts and Letters. UFrancois Mitterrand uklomelise umculi ngebheji leLegion of Honor. Unobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-Javier Pérez de Keller waqoka Inxusa lakhe Elihlonishwayo leNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ngo-1990. Wangeniswa eHholo Lodumo LweGramophone. U-Norman uwine indondo ye-Grammy Music Award izikhathi ezinhlanu futhi waklonyeliswa ngeNdondo Yezwe Yezobuciko Yase-US ngoFebhuwari 2010.