JESSYE NORMAN (ca. 1990s) Photo archive

[New York]: Various, ca. 1990s. Set of five vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy print still photos. All have attached text and ink stamp information on verso, overall fine.

Jessye Mae Norman (1945-2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles but did not limit herself to that voice type. Norman had a uniquely rich voice, which was close to a mezzo-soprano in tone but with the range of a soprano. She was renowned for both her voice and her powerful stage presence, and embraced music from across the generations and genres, championing and performing works by composers from Wagner to Duke Ellington. (Wikipedia)

Highlights from this group include a portrait by David Seidner for a Lincoln Center Great Performers presentation of How! Do! We! Do!, at the Met for Ariadne auf Naxos, and a portrait from her performance at Carnegie Hall in 1995.