We sang this at ...( 8 months ago by MossfloweRussa)
We sang this at church on the feast of Christ the King. She is awesome.
Does it really ...( 7 months ago by sybil1940)
Does it really matter whether she is this or that category other than to remark that she has the all too rare virtue of being able to sing almost anything and creating magic.A voice to reach your heart and make you cry with the shared joy of the sound.Just superb.
Speechless!!!! ...( 7 months ago by ParisCouture)
Speechless!!!! BRAVO JESSYE!!! BELLISSIMO!!!!
Yes, what some ...( 7 months ago by barmanjoe)
Yes, what some people don't seem to realise is that there is a cathegory of a voice type in itself altoghether, and that is a dramatic soprano. I have in my singing carreer encountered a few, they can go and sing down the alto repertoire, and then they surprise you with Vissi D'arte, or Un Bel Di Vedremo. In my oppinion, Jessye is the best of them.
Norma was the early ...( 7 months ago by dannymaestro)
Norma was the early kind of italian dramatic sopranoroles called spinto, but it ´s the dramatic Verdi-roles that´s real spintoroles as Amelia in "Un ballo" and Leonora in La forza del destino. Tosca and Turandot are even later italian dramatic soprano-roles demanding heavy voices with extremely sharp top notes. On the contrary Wagnerian and Straussarian roles stands where you can failure on the highest notes and still be brilliant in the role.
great( 7 months ago by kwr5)
great
You must note the ...( 6 months ago by jetsetjordan)
You must note the AMAZING Wagnerian voices like that of Nilsson, who could sing it all.
Not many singers of ...( 6 months ago by mu13sic)
Not many singers of Opera can switch successfully from arias to everyday music...she does with style.
Wow .Her voice ...( 5 months ago by lovesGenet)
Wow .Her voice can drown out a Wagner brass section. she does a grt variety of stuff.stravin,Bartok,Wagner.Havent heard her Mozart or schubert or French music Maybe she doesnt touch that rep with such a big voice.If she can make it big i dont mean pp I mean have a dif character then she is phenom.This was amazing too.Gonna have to look around.Duparc or Ravel or Debussy would makeme melt if she can !
From Bo Harding, ...( 4 months ago by wellmeant)
From Bo Harding, Copenhagen, Denmark!
Why are so many of us fascinated by the human voice? Listen to this number, and you will simply have the answer...ENJOY!
Thank God for the ...( 3 months ago by manqhane)
Thank God for the Devine Voice of Jessye Norman,This Voice is always there for me in my all-around needs.
I never had much ...( 3 months ago by punkanelly)
I never had much interest in listening to a classically trained voice until I heard the entire cd (called "Spirituals in Concert" by Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman) that this concert was made into. Unbelieve beauty in voices.
I had the pleasure ...( 3 months ago by twilliger123)
I had the pleasure of being at that concert and sat right next to Cicely Tyson! It was something I'll never forget! I loved the way Ms. Norman taps her foot while she's singing on some of these songs, listen close on the fast parts you can hear it, it's so endearing!
More specifically, ...( 3 months ago by shauninfl28)
More specifically, Norman is a special and rare type of Dramatic Soprano known as a Falcon. She refuses to categorize her voice herself, but she is definitely a Falcon in my opinion.
The Diva herself... ...( 2 months ago by pharmasteve)
The Diva herself... in my opinion, the best soprano since Maria C!
Please explain the ...( 2 months ago by ems5429)
Please explain the difference between a reg... soprano and a falcon and should I feel dumb for not knowing what is........... (I truly don't know )
from wiki-Marie ...( 2 months ago by Babs22h)
from wiki-Marie Corn élie Falcon(28 January 1812- 25 February 1897)was a French operatic singer. She had a dramatic soprano voice which reached into the mezzo-soprano range and gave her name to a type of dark soprano voice. Her career was remarkably short, only six years, and she is widely used as an example of the sin ger who pushes her voice beyond its prudent capacity and thus destroys it.
She created the roles of Rachel in Halévy's La Juive and of Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.
I actually have the ...( 2 months ago by Babs22h)
I actually have the cd and the woman sang goddman vocalise practicing coloratura skills and she sang some french aria... not making this up! the cd was The VERY best of JESSYE NORMAN AND on Diva Jessye norman buy them on amazon!
Ludwig sang the ...( 2 months ago by Babs22h)
Ludwig sang the title role in fidelio which is sooo not a mezzo role... the woman is dramtic soprano check wiki
Neither Wiki or ...( 2 months ago by dannymaestro)
Neither Wiki or Youtube are real facts, just thoughts and opinions. MY opinion is that the role of Fidelio and also Agathe in der Freisch ütz, was dramatic sopranos in the early 19th century. But, many things has changed since that. The tessitura for these roles are much lower than later examples of dramatic sopranoroles. Even the range is smaller.
Nowadays you ...( 2 months ago by dannymaestro)
Nowadays you necessarily not has to be put in a certain fach (spelling correct?), and you may swith roles depending of what your voice are capable to do, but the categories are still there. Norman has some difficulties with the top notes above a2 at the same time as her lower register are very full-timbred and rich, that ´s why I believe she is more mezzo than a soprano. 100 years ago she had been a soprano without discussion, but times are changing.
true she does have ...( 2 months ago by MzShugr)
true she does have a little trouble. but even her troubled notes sound way better than some people's best notes. There is no denying that Jessye is a true talent. No matter how you slice it.
what voice part was ...( 1 month ago by handelfan610)
what voice part was marian anderson...was it same as norman's? i love her voice.
she defintely ...( 3 weeks ago by whiteliketar)
she defintely crushes these modern day pop artists with her power and training.
´s the dramatic Verdi-roles that´s real spintoroles as Amelia in "Un ballo" and Leonora in La forza del destino. Tosca and Turandot are even later italian dramatic soprano-roles demanding heavy voices with extremely sharp top notes. On the contrary Wagnerian and Straussarian roles stands where you
can failure on the highest notes and still be brilliant in the role.
Why are so many of us fascinated by the human voice? Listen to this number, and you will simply have the answer...ENJOY!
élie Falcon(28 January 1812- 25 February 1897)was a French operatic singer. She had a dramatic soprano voice which reached into the mezzo-soprano range and gave her name to a type of dark soprano voice. Her career was remarkably short, only six years, and she is widely used as an example of the sin
ger who pushes her voice beyond its prudent capacity and thus destroys it. She created the roles of Rachel in Halévy's La Juive and of Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.
ütz, was dramatic sopranos in the early 19th century. But, many things has changed since that. The tessitura for these roles are much lower than later examples of dramatic sopranoroles. Even the range is smaller.
´s why I believe she is more mezzo than a soprano. 100 years ago she had been a soprano without discussion, but times are changing.