Jessye Norman Movies

  • 2023
    The Magic of Spirituals

    The Magic of Spirituals

    The Magic of Spirituals

    02023HD

    Glimpse behind the curtain at opera legends Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 1990, featuring performanc...

    The Magic of Spirituals
  • 1990
    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall

    01990HD

    A filmed concert of two famed sopranos.

    Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman Sing Spirituals at Carnegie Hall
  • 2002
    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)

    6.82002HD

    The concert setting of the Temple of Zeus in Athens could not be more atmospheric if it tried and those cosmic and Hellenic artefact images projected...

    Vangelis – Mythodea (Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey)
  • 1990
    Die Walküre

    Die Walküre

    Die Walküre

    81990HD

    The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behren...

    Die Walküre
  • 1988
    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral

    01988HD

    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral - Christmastide 1988

    Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral
  • 1983
    Berlioz: Les Troyens

    Berlioz: Les Troyens

    Berlioz: Les Troyens

    01983HD

    Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understand...

    Berlioz: Les Troyens
  • 1993
    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    01993HD

    Impressed by Jean Cocteau’s rewrite of Antigone, Stravinsky asked the poet for an adaptation of Oedipus Rex. The resulting libretto brings together th...

    Oedipus Rex
  • 1988
    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos

    01988HD

    Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James Kin...

    Ariadne auf Naxos
  • 1988
    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

    101988HD

    There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of t...

    The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
  • 1982
    Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

    01982HD

    Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado, rec...

    Verdi: Requiem
  • 1990
    Spirituals in Concert

    Spirituals in Concert

    Spirituals in Concert

    01990HD

    "Spirituals in Concert" featuring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle.

    Spirituals in Concert
  • 1990
    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    01990HD

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen is a gripping vérité study of the famous dramatic soprano’s approach to mastering Bizet’s heroine in recording sessions wit...

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
  • 1987
    Jessye Norman - Singer

    Jessye Norman - Singer

    Jessye Norman - Singer

    01987HD

    This long-form portrait of an iconic opera star looks behind the voice to her youth in the segregated American South

    Jessye Norman - Singer
  • 1991
    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame

    01991HD

    A Christmas Concert at Notre-Dame in 1991

    Jessye Norman at Notre Dame
  • 2014
    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    02014HD

    Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most succe...

    Karajan's Magic and Myth
  • 2002
    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen

    02002HD

    Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen
  • 1987
    Dialogues des Carmélites

    Dialogues des Carmélites

    Dialogues des Carmélites

    01987HD

    In this legendary production, director John Dexter and designer David Reppa brilliantly captured the stark drama of Poulenc’s only full-length opera,...

    Dialogues des Carmélites
  • 1985
    Ozawa

    Ozawa

    Ozawa

    91985HD

    This intimate portrait of the legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa focuses on the Japanese master and teacher's career, his advocacy of modern composers an...

    Ozawa
  • 2015
    Toni Morrison Remembers

    Toni Morrison Remembers

    Toni Morrison Remembers

    02015HD

    Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of literature. Her books encompass black American history but live and breathe in the present...

    Toni Morrison Remembers
  • 1989
    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)

    01989HD

    Bela Bartok's and Arnold Schoenberg's haunting excursions into the nightmare of the unconscious.

    Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung (The Met)